Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Viral social media posts falsely claims that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry declared Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) completely extinct.

Fact-checking verification conducted by counter-disinformation platforms turnbackhoax.id confirmed that neither the Ministry nor its Environmental Control Agency has ever issued any statements declaring the total extinction of the species.

Official conservation registries from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List classify the Bornean orangutan as Critically Endangered (Sangat Terancam Punah), rather than extinct.

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