STUDI PERILAKU HARIAN ORANGUTAN (Pongo pygmaeus) DI PUSAT REHABILITASI SINTANG ORANGUTAN CENTER HUTAN TEMBAK KABUPATEN SINTANG KALIMANTAN BARAT
ABSTRACT: This research aims
to find out about the daily behavior of orangutan in the Sintang Orangutan Rehabilitation
Center. The main activities of Sintang Orangutan Center are rescue,rehabilitation,
and realease of the animal into is natural habitat. The method used was focal animal
sampling or by observing and recording the behavior of one individual during a
certain period of time as long as the individual is always visible. Collecting
data in this research was focused on the individual orangutan as the object or
goal in each observation. Data recording was made every minute on daily
behavior as “point sample”. This method works with semisolitary orangutans with
a character of slow movement. Observations of orangutan behaviorwere conducted
the whole day, from wake-up time in the morning (at around 5:00 a.m. to 17:oo
PM) until bedtime and did not do activities in the evening (at around 6:00 p.m.
to 19:00pm). The results showed that orangutans use a lot of time for feeding
activities, while the minor activities are making a nest. Orangutans targeted
in this research used 22.96% of the time daily for motion, 44.48% for eating,
20.78% for taking a rest, 8.29% for social activities, 1.43% forthe activity of
building nests and 2.03% for other activities.
Keywords: Behavior, Orangutan,
Pongo pygmaeus, Rehabilitation
Penulis: Maulana, Slamet
Rifanjani, Sarma Siahaan
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd170010
