Table 1.
Orangutan DEE, body fat percentage, and RMR
Name | Sex | Age, y | Mass, kg | DEE | RMR§ kCal/d | Body fat, % | |
kCal/d | Expected, %‡ | ||||||
Azy* | M | 30 | 116.6 | 2,052 | 22% | 1,597 | 21.8% |
Knobi† | F | 27 | 55.0 | 1,628 | 32% | 1,316 | 13.2% |
Katy | F | 19 | 53.2 | 1,570 | 32% | 1,035 | 15.8% |
Rocky | M | 4 | 25.5 | 1,255 | 45% | 1,031 | 5.5% |
*August DEE, 1,965; October DEE, 2,140
†August DEE, 1,292; October DEE, 1,963
‡Percent expected calculated using the trend line for eutherian mammals; see Fig. 1.
§RMR measurements were taken while subjects were seated and awake, and likely overestimate true BMR by approximately 20%.