KARAKTER KUNCI PEMBEDA ANTARA ORANGUTAN KALIMANTAN (Pongo pygmaeus) DENGAN ORANGUTAN SUMATERA (Pongo abelii)

Abstrak

Orangutans are great apes left in Asia, at the time of
the Asian mainland is a unity, orangutan has a fairly
wide distribution in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia.
In the event of an increase in sea levels, which had been
fused into Mainland fragmented into islands. This
separation into a barrier that restricts the movement
of orangutans. Currently their range is limited only
in Borneo and Sumatra. Long period separation
with different habitat conditions have an impact on
the orangutans. In morphology occurs a significant
difference between the orangutans of Borneo and
Sumatra, in addition to the utilization of molecular
biology technology has also been able to reveal the
presence of significant differences between these
two species, making it the orangutan then serve as a
different species, namely Pongo pygmaeus on Borneo
orangutans and P. abelii for Sumatran orangutans,
even for orangutans in Borneo has been divided into
three sub species namely P. pygmaeus pygmaeus,
P. p. morio and P. p. wurmbii. With the unfolding of
the different species and these sub species, the use
of molecular biology technology becomes integral in
conservation action against this type primarily for
relocation or translocation of orangutans into the wild.
Key words: Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, P. abelii, molecular
biology technology, conservation