Kloss gibbon (Hylobates klossii) behavior facilitates the avoidance of human predation in the Peleonan forest, Siberut Island, Indonesia

• Published in: American journal of primatology Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 296 - 308
• Main Authors: Dooley, Helen M., Judge, Debra S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animals; anti-predator behavior; Behavior, Animal - physiology; crypsis; Female; Forests; human hunting; Humans; Hunters; Hylobates; Hylobates - physiology; Hylobates klossii; Indonesia; Male; predation; Predators; Predatory Behavior; Primates; Primatology; Risk reduction; Risk theory; Social Behavior; Vocalization, Animal; Indonesia; crypsis; anti-predator behavior; predation; human hunting; Hylobates klossii

Kloss gibbons (Hylobates klossii) are endemic to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia and have been subject to human predation for more than 2000 years in the absence of any other significant predators. We investigate the behavior of Kloss gibbons that may be attributed to avoiding human predation. We...