Orangutan Death and Scavenging by Pigs
- 7 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 200 (4337) , 68-70
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4337.68
Abstract
Pongid remains are rarely recovered from tropical rain forests. Observations of a Bornean bearded pig ( Sus barbatus ) scavenging an orangutan ( Pongo pygmaeus ) carcass and the recovery of an orangutan skull fragment corroborates evidence from Africa and suggests that the scavenging of wild pigs may play an important role in the destruction of pongid remains.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Group Response to the Accidental Death of a Chimpanzee in Gombe National Park, TanzaniaFolia Primatologica, 1973