Subspecies identification of captive Orang Utan in Melaka based on D-loop mitochondria DNA

• Main Authors: Siti Norsyuhada, Kamaluddin, Salmah, Yaakop, Wan Mohd, Razi Idris, Jeffrine Japning, Rovie-Ryan, Badrul Munir, Md Zain
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AIP Publishing 2018
• Subjects: SF Animal culture
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36043/1/1.5027970; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36043/; https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5027970; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5027970

Mitochondrial DNA of Bornean Orang Utan populations suggests that there are three different subspecies (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus; Sarawak & Northwest Kalimantan, P. p. wurmbii; Southern West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, P. p. morio; East Kalimantan and Sabah). The subspecies of Orang Utans...