Oral tool use by captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 334-341

  O'Malley, Robert C ^a,b   McGrew, W C ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extractive foraging; Material culture; Object manipulation; Orangutan; Pongo pygmaeus; Tool modification; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOUTH; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0034279307     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021756     Document Type: Article

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