Zoo's 'matriarch' claims oldest orangutan record

An orangutan that goes by the name "Puan", which means "Mrs" in the Malay language, has been awarded a Guinness World Record for being the oldest living Sumatran orangutan in the world.

Perth Zoo's primate keeper Martina Hart in a statement on Thursday said the record has been achieved by Puan, the matriarch of the zoo's orangutan colony.

"In the wild, female Sumatran orangutans rarely live past 50, so reaching 60 is a huge milestone," Hart said.