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Female ____s are the great apes with the longest interbirth period — six to nine years (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orangutan

(Other definitions for orangutan that I've seen before include "Primate" , "a big sub-human creature" , "ape" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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