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Gunung Palung Orangutan Project, Harvard UniversityField StudyGunung Palung Orangutan Project, Harvard University Project Director: Dr. Cheryl D. Knott Contact Person: knott@fas.harvard.edu , same Phone: 617-495-4710 Fax: 617-496-8041 E-mail: knott@fas.harvard.edu Mailing address: 11 Divinity Avenue , Cambridge , Massachusets 02138 Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia Research Objectives: This is a large multi-faceted research project which is investigating orangutan reproduction, behavior, social organization and physiology within an ecological context. Detailed behavioral data is collected in addition to urine samples from which hormones can be measured. All orangutan foods are collected and processed to analyze the caloric and nutrient composition of the orangutan diet. The project is also investigating broader issues related to great ape and human evolution Field Positions and Volunteers: Volunteer Project Managers are sometimes needed to assist with the project. Those interested in volunteering for the project, or conducting research at the site should contact the Project Director, Dr. Cheryl Knott Species Studied: Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) Other Species Found At Site: Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Pig Tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) Red Leaf Monkey or Maroon Langur (Presbytis rubicunda) Silvered Langur (Presbytis cristada) Western Tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) Slow Loris? (Nycticebus coucang) Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) Affiliations: National Geographic Society; Leakey Foundation; Wenner-Gren Foundation, Harvard University, Conservation Food and Health Foundation; Mellon FoundatThisn Society Project Begin/End Dates: 1994 to present (on-going) Entry created: 1999-10-18 [Update Entry] [Delete Entry] |