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Sumatran orangutan known as Puan, which is Indonesian for lady, at Perth Zoo where she has lived since being gifted by Malaysia in 1968. Puan, the world’s oldest Sumatran orangutan, who had 11 children and 54 descendants spread across the globe, has died aged 62, zoo officials said on June 19, 2018. ALEX ASBURY / PERTH ZOO / AFP

 

The world’s oldest Sumatran orangutan, which had 11 children and 54 descendants spread across the globe, has died aged 62, Australian zoo officials said Tuesday.

Puan — Indonesian for “lady” — died on Monday at Perth Zoo, where she had lived since being gifted by Malaysia in 1968.

“She did so much for the colony at Perth Zoo and the survival of her species,” said primate supervisor Holly Thompson.

“Apart from being the oldest member of our colony, she was also the founding member of our world-renowned breeding program and leaves an incredible legacy.

“Her genetics count for just under 10 percent of the global zoological…



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