Hand preferences in captive orangutans (pongo pygmaeus)

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-283

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handedness; Manual laterality; Orangutan; Pongo pygmaeus; Tool use

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 33747329915     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-006-0180-1     Document Type: Article

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