Brief communication: New tool use by wild Sumatran orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 186-188

  Fox, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Bin'Muhammad, Ibrahim ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Orangutan; Pongo pygmaeus; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; INDONESIA; INSTRUMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PROTECTION; WILD SPECIES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INDONESIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0036782220     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10105     Document Type: Article

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