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ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
卷 8, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201558
关键词
interspecies comparison; isolation-induced call; rodent; ultrasonic vocalization; morphometric variables; body weight
资金
- Russian Science Foundation [19-14-00037]
- Russian Science Foundation [19-14-00037] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
This study investigated the ultrasonic calls of pups from six gerbil species and found that larger species had longer calls while smaller species had higher frequency calls. The duration of the calls was not related to body size, but the minimum fundamental frequency was. Species identity had a stronger effect on the acoustics of the calls than body size.
Among Gerbillinae rodents, ultrasonic calls of adults of small-sized species are typically higher frequency than those of adults of large-sized species. This study investigates whether a similar relationship can be found in pups of six gerbil species (Dipodillus campestris, Gerbillus perpallidus, Meriones unguiculatus, Meriones vinogradovi, Sekeetamys calurus and Pachyuromys duprasi). We compared the average values of acoustic variables (duration, fundamental and peak frequency) of ultrasonic calls (20 calls per pup, 1200 in total) recorded from 6- to 10-day-old pups (10 pups per species, 60 in total) isolated for 2 min at 22 degrees C and then weighed and measured for body variables. The longest calls (56 +/- 33 ms) were found in the largest species, and the highest frequency calls (74.8 +/- 5.59 kHz) were found in the smallest species. However, across species, call duration (ranging from 56 to 159 ms among species) did not display a significant relationship with pup body size; and, among frequency variables, only the minimum fundamental frequency depended on pup body size. Discriminant analysis assigned 100% of calls to the correct species. The effect of species identity on the acoustics was stronger than the effect of body size. We discuss these results with the hypotheses of acoustic adaptation, social complexity, hearing ranges and phylogeny.
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