Koalas use a novel vocal organ to produce unusually low-pitched mating calls

2013/12/01 by Benjamin D. Charlton, Roland Frey, A. McKinnon +4 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Health Professions · #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Infant Health and Development #Marine animal studies overview

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.069

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• Functional morphology and homology in the odontocete nasal complex: Implications for sound generation
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• Cues to body size in the formant spacing of male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) bellows: honesty in an exaggerated trait
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• Koala [wikipedia]