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Meat‐eating by adult female Sumatran orangutans ( Pongo pygmæus abelii )
Author(s) -
Utami Sri Suci,
Van Hooff Jan A. R. A. M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1997)43:2<159::aid-ajp5>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - pongo pygmaeus , pongidae , predation , biology , zoology , ecology
Information about meat‐eating behavior by wild orangutans ( Pongo pygmæus ) is scant. The first article about such a case dates from 1981. Since 1989, seven incidents of adult female Sumatran orangutans eating slow lorises ( Nycticebus coucang ) have been witnessed. Three females from two study sites were involved. In three cases the females were seen catching the prey. There are too few cases to conclude whether this behavior is typically female. Am. J. Primatol. 43:159–165, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.