orangutan . (Do of the Malay orang , man, and h? so , forest, man of the forest). 1. m. anthropomorphic APE, who lives in the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo and arrives in about two meters high, with thick head, narrow front, flat nose, outgoing snout, robust body, short legs, arms and hands as developed, which still remain upright reaches the ankles, black leather and thick, reddish fur.