Talk:Orangutan
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Name[change source]
When and why did the name change from Orangutang to Orangutan?
- It didn't. The common name has always been spelled in different ways, and that doesn't matter. Pongo is its scientific name, and that does not change. Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:30, 29 January 2012 (UTC)