The vocal repertoire of Graphiurus parvus, and comparisons with other species of dormice

Graphiurus parau'un vokal repertuarının bir ön tanımı, diğer Gliridae türlerinin vokalizasyonu ile ilgili yayınlardaki bilgilerle karşılaştırılarak verilmiştir, incelenen tüm türler farklı vokalizasyon tipleri içeren oldukça zengin bir vokal repertuara sahiptir. Graphiurus parvjw'un vokalizasyonlannın frekans bileşeni yaklaşık l kHz'den 20 kHz'in üstündeki ultrasonik seslere kadar uzanan" bir dağılım gösterebilir. Gliridae türlerinde incelen bu vokalizasyon tiplerinin homolojisi üzerinde hipotezler sunmak henüz olası değildir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

ses çıkartma, hayvanlar arası haberleşme, Gliridae, fareler, hayvan davranışları

Graphiurus parvus'un vokal repertuarı ve diğer ağaç faresi türlerininki ile karşılaştırılması

A preliminary description of the vocal repertoire of Graphiurus parvus is presented together with a survey of published data on vocalization in other species of the Qliridae. All species studied have a relatively rich vocal repertoire with tonal and noisy vocalization types. Graphiurus parvus vocalizations can have frequency components in the range from about 1 kHz to well into the ultrasonic range above 20 kHz, Hypotheses on the homology of the various vocalization types of the Gliridae are hardly possible.

Keywords:

vocalization, communication between animals, Gliridae, mice, animal behaviour,

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