The relative body weights of Bornean and Sumatran orangutans
- 2 May 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 42 (3), 349-350
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330420303
Abstract
Although original field data suggested that the average Bornean orangutan weighed twice as much as the Sumatran ones, this is shown to be an error. The only statistically significant difference in weight is between males and females, regardless of geographical area or data source.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Mammals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on Borneo and some of the small adjacent islandsProceedings of the United States National Museum, 1911
- Mammals collected in eastern Sumatra by Dr. W. L. Abbott during 1903, 1906, and 1907, with descriptions of new species and subspeciesProceedings of the United States National Museum, 1908
- Mammals collected in western Borneo by Dr. W. L. AbbottProceedings of the United States National Museum, 1907