Orangutan mating behavior and strategies

• Main Authors: Utami Atmoko, S. Suci, Tatang Mitra Setia, Goossens, Benoit, James, Sheena S., Knott, Cheryl D., Morrogh-Bernard, Helen C., Van Schaik, Carel P. van Schaik, Van Noordwijk, Maria A.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2009
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20553/1/Orangutan%20mating%20behavior%20and%20strategies.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20553/; https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213276.003.0016
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Orangutans are a species with a very pronounced sexual dimorphism, in that fully grown males are about twice the size of females, but adult, sexually mature males come in two distinct morphs. Unflanged males lack the secondary sexual characteristics (e.g., cheek flanges, throat sack, long call) of t...