Meat-eating by adult female Sumatran orangutans (Pongo pygmæus abelii)

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 we...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of primatology 1997, Vol.43 (2), p.159-165
Hauptverfasser:	Utami, Sri Suci, Van Hooff, Jan A. R. A. M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal ethology Animals Biological and medical sciences Diet Feeding Behavior Female Food habits Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Indonesia Mammalia Meat Meat eating Nycticebus coucang Orang-utans Papio - psychology Pongo pygmæus Primates Primatology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Sumatra Vertebrata
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0275-2565 1098-2345
DOI:	10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)43:2<159::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-W