MEAT-EATING BY ADULT FEMALE SUMATRAN ORANGUTANS (PONGO-PYGMAEUS ABELII)

Authors
UTAMI SS VANHOOFF JARAM
Citation
Ss. Utami et Jaram. Vanhooff, MEAT-EATING BY ADULT FEMALE SUMATRAN ORANGUTANS (PONGO-PYGMAEUS ABELII), American journal of primatology, 43(2), 1997, pp. 159-165
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
American journal of primatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02752565
Volume
43
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
159 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0275-2565(1997)43:2<159:MBAFSO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Information about meat-eating behavior by wild orangutans (Pongo pygma eus) is scant. The first article about such a case dates from 1981. Si nce 1989, seven incidents of adult female Sumatran orangutans eating s low lorises (Nycticebus coucang) have been witnessed. Three females fr om two study sites were involved. In three cases the females were seen catching the prey. There are too few cases to conclude whether this b ehavior is typically female. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.