Pongo hooijeri Temporal range: |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Hominidae |
Genus: | Pongo |
Species: | P. hooijeri |
Binomial name | |
Pongo hooijeri Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995 |
Pongo hooijeri is an extinct species of orangutan from the of Vietnam. It was named in honor of paleontologist Dirk Albert Hooijer.