sumatran
Britishadjective
noun
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The other two species are Bornean and Sumatran orangutans.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
Across the island towards the north coast, an endangered Sumatran elephant lay buried in thick mud and debris near damaged buildings in Meureudu town.
From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025
Located in south-west Jerusalem, the Biblical Zoo says on its website that it exhibits the critically-endangered Sumatran tiger at the Tiger's Slope.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
Timothy Balme starred as Lionel, whose mother, Vera Cosgrove, played by Elizabeth Moody, is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey and becomes a zombie.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024
The feast of colour provided by Paja-Kombo is scarcely surpassed even by the famous Fair of Darjeeling, the remoteness of the little settlement in the Sumatran Highlands preserving the unfaded charm of an immemorial past.
From Through the Malay Archipelago by Richings, Emily
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