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. 1997;43(2):159-65.
doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)43:2<159::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-W.

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

S S Utami  1 , J A Van Hooff
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Meat-eating by adult female Sumatran orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii)

S S Utami et al. Am J Primatol. 1997.

Abstract

Information about meat-eating behavior by wild orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) 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.

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