PERILAKU HARIAN ORANGUTAN (Pongo pygmaeus Linnaeus) DALAM KONSERVASI EX-SITU DI KEBUN BINATANG KASANG KULIM KECAMATAN SIAK HULU KABUPATEN KAMPAR RIAU
Abstract: Orangutan is an
endangered species. One of the efforts to prevent the extinction of the
orangutan is the ex-situ’s conservation for example zoo. The purpose of this
research to determine the daily behavior and the duration of activity of
orangutan in habitat at ex-situ in Kasang Kulim’s Zoo and to know the
difference of frequency daily activities of orangutan by age class. The
research was conducted in the month of August-September 2014. The objects of
this research are five orangutan. The research method was descriptive
statistics. The type of this research is observation. Based on the research
results, the daily behavior of orangutan at Zoo Kasang Kulim consists of: the
behavior of eating, the behavior of moving, the behavior of resting, the
behavior of social, the behavior of the play itself, and other behaviors
(grooming and shitting). Total of activity time orangutans obtained during 25
days of observation is 14 876 minutes. The highest behavior shown in the
behavior of the resting (10 216 minutes or 69% of total daily activity
orangutan). The frequency of daily behavior based on age class with a long
observation period of 10 hours every day. The frequency of the behavior of
resting at age class of adults and adolescents the highest frequency are 67
times / day and 71 times / day, while the frequency of the behavior of moving
at baby age class the highest frequency that is 116 times / day.
Penulis: Astriana Pujacita
Suhandi, Defri Yoza, Tuti Arlita
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd150720
