PERILAKU MAKAN DAN JENIS PAKAN ORANGUTAN (Pongo pygmaeus) DI YAYASAN INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE INDONESIA (YIARI) KABUPATEN KETAPANG KALIMANTAN BARAT
Abstract: Bornean orangutan
(Pongo pygmaeus) is one of primate in Indonesia, the only speciesof great ape
that could be found in Asia. Orangutan included in the IUCN list ofendangered
species category. The decreasing orangutan population is caused byvarious
factors, however, the organization of International Animal Rescue FoundationIndonesia
(YIARI) Ketapang gave much concerned and active to jointly maintain andconserve
orangutans to avoid extinction. This study aims to determine feeding behaviorand
the food type for orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in the International Animal Rescue
Foundation of Indonesia, Ketapang. Methods: Observations were made using the
FocalAnimal Sampling method. Based on the results and discussion, adult
orangutans Joni,Pino and adolescents Gembar are more dominant in terms of
mastery of the feed that isprovided above the platform, while the child
orangutan Vijai and Lisa are not toodominant. There are 15 kinds on food that
is provided, and watermelon was the mostfavorite and also 17 kinds of food that
the could get from the nature as the Ficus sp. wasthe most favorite. The most
dominant orangutan feeding behavior is sitting, meal times ranging from 6:20 to
18:30 o'clock pm on the platform as the most dominant position.
Keywords: Feeding behavior,
Orangutans, West Borneo
Penulis: Abdullah A. Haddad,
Hari Prayogo, Muhammad S. Anwari
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd170032
