🦧 Bornean orangutan report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the Bornean orangutan page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the bornean orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus · Grades 1–2
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 170 to 220 lb (77 to 100 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 27 years |
Read about it
Orangutans are big, red-haired apes. They live up in the trees of the rainforest. They have very long arms for climbing.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Orangutan, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/orangutan, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the bornean orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus · Grades 3–4
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 170 to 220 lb (77 to 100 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 27 years |
Read about it
Orangutans spend almost all their time in the treetops, swinging along with their long arms. Their feet grip branches almost as well as their hands do. A mother teaches her baby which fruits are good to eat and stays close to it for many years.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Orangutan, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/orangutan, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the bornean orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus · Grades 5–6
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 170 to 220 lb (77 to 100 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 27 years |
Read about it
Orangutans are the largest animals that live mostly in trees. They spend most of the day finding fruit, and they scatter the seeds as they go, so they help new trees grow. Bornean orangutans are critically endangered because rainforest is being cleared for farms and palm-oil plantations. Protected forests and rescue centers are working to give them a safe home.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Orangutan, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/orangutan, checked 2026-10-30