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Macaque vs Orangutan - What's the difference?

macaque | orangutan |

As nouns the difference between macaque and orangutan

is that macaque is any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca while orangutan is an arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo consisting of two species, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo and Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, very long arms, and no tail.

macaque

English

(wikipedia macaque)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca .

    • Derived terms

    * Japanese macaque * pigtailed macaque * rhesus macaque

    See also

    * Barbary ape ----

    orangutan

    English

    (wikipedia orangutan)

    Alternative forms

    * orang utan, orang-utan, orang-utang, orangutang, orangoutan, orangoutang

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo'' consisting of two species, ''Pongo pygmaeus'' of Borneo and ''Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, very long arms, and no tail.