Homosexual behavior in wild Sumatran orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii).

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MOCA Reference, APE
Publication Type: Journal Article
Authors: Fox, E A
Year of Publication: 2001
Journal: Am J Primatol
Volume: 55
Issue: 3
Pagination: 177-81
Date Published: 11/2001
Publication Language: eng
ISSN: 0275-2565
Keywords: Aggression, Animals, Animals, Wild, Homosexuality, Male, Pongo pygmaeus, Sexual Behavior, Animal
Abstract:

Wild male Sumatran orangutans at two study sites engaged in homosexual behavior. These observations demonstrate that homosexual behavior is not an artifact of captivity or contact with humans. In separate instances, homosexual behavior was associated with affiliative and agonistic behaviors. These observations add orangutans to the list of primates in which homosexual behavior forms part of the natural repertoire of sexual or sociosexual behavior.

DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1051
Alternate Journal: Am. J. Primatol.
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