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Orang-utan <Sumatran orangutan>
Known as:
Sumatran Orangutan
, Pongo pygmaeus abeli
, Pongo pygmaeus abelii
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A species of orangutan, family HOMINIDAE, found in the forests on the island of Sumatra.
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2017
2017
Limits of Spatial Vision in Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii)
Laura Adams
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F. Wilkinson
,
S. MacDonald
2017
Corpus ID: 73606841
Although research with animals is often done under the assumption that visual abilities are similar across species, the visual…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Comparative assessment of handedness for a coordinated bimanual task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus).
W. Hopkins
,
T. Stoinski
,
K. Lukas
,
S. R. Ross
,
M. J. Wesley
Journal of Comparative Psychology
2003
Corpus ID: 45313814
Hand preferences for a coordinated bimanual task were assessed in a sample of 31 captive gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and 19…
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
NK Cell Receptors of the Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus): A Pivotal Species for Tracking the Coevolution of Killer Cell Ig-Like Receptors with MHC-C1
L. Guethlein
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Laura R. Flodin
,
E. Adams
,
P. Parham
Journal of Immunology
2002
Corpus ID: 321019
CD94, NKG2, Ly49, and killer cell Ig-like receptor (KIR) expressed by orangutan peripheral blood cells were examined by cloning…
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Sexual dimorphism in primate neonatal body mass.
Richard J. Smith
,
S. Leigh
Journal of Human Evolution
1998
Corpus ID: 34138542
Data were collected on neonatal body mass for 109 primate species. For 23 species with sample sizes of nine or more for each sex…
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1990
Highly Cited
1990
Hand preferences in captive gorillas, orang‐utans and gibbons
David A. Olson
,
J. Ellis
,
R. D. Nadler
American Journal of Primatology
1990
Corpus ID: 84908415
Hand preference was assessed in 12 gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), 13 orang‐utans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii), and 9 gibbons…
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1989
Highly Cited
1989
Tarsius delta- and beta-globin genes: conversions, evolution, and systematic implications.
Ben F. Koop
,
D. Siemieniak
,
+4 authors
E. L. Simons
Journal of Biological Chemistry
1989
Corpus ID: 25097051
Comparisons between duplicated genes have shown that gene conversions play an important role in the evolution of multigene…
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1985
Highly Cited
1985
Functional differences in the skeleton of wild and captive orang-utans and their adaptive significance
E. Sarmiento
1985
Corpus ID: 82472787
1983
1983
Size and shape of the mandibular condyle in primates
Richard J. Smith
,
Carl E. Petersen
,
D. Gipe
Journal of morphology
1983
Corpus ID: 11685620
The relationships between the size of the articular surface of the mandibular condyle and masticatory muscle size, tooth size…
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1977
Highly Cited
1977
Morphological abnormalities in spermatozoa of man and great apes
H. Seuánez
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Andrew D. Carothers
,
D. E. Martin
,
R. Short
Nature
1977
Corpus ID: 4282794
HUMAN semen has long been known to differ from that of any other mammal in the high proportion of abnormal spermatozoa that it…
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Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
The descriptive use of discriminant functions in physical anthropology
E. H. Ashton
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M. J. R. Healy
,
S. Lipton
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
1957
Corpus ID: 22151767
The evolutionary status of the fossil Australopithecinae and of the fossil apes belonging to the genus Proconsul has stimulated…
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