World's oldest Sumatran orang utan dies aged 62

Handout photo taken on October 24, 2016 shows Sumatran orangutan Puan at Perth Zoo where she has lived since being gifted by Malaysia in 1968.

PERTH: The world's oldest Sumatran orang utan, 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.