Table 1

Comparison of advertisement calls of three mouse lemur species.

Species
Note contour
Acoustic parameter
Median
Minimum
Maximum
25th percentile
75th percentile

M. murinus
SFM
Duration
(ms)
870
710
1,040
870
985
(N = 5; n = 30)

f0 min
(kHz)
12.30
12.00
13.95
12.20
13.80


f0 max
(kHz)
35.90
34.90
37.80
35.60
36.40


f0 band
(kHz)
23.10
20.90
25.20
21.60
23.20
M. ravelobensis
UFM
Duration
(ms)
375
360
430
365
405
(N = 4; n = 39)

f0 min
(kHz)
12.50
11.60
13.35
11.65
13.33


f0 max
(kHz)
37.00
33.00
38.70
34.70
38.15


f0 band
(kHz)
24.13
21.60
26.70
22.70
25.58
M. lehilahytsara
IUS
Duration
(ms)
135
120
160
135
150
(N = 5; n = 20)

f0 min
(kHz)
13.8
12.50
15.75
12.85
14.75


f0 max
(kHz)
34.5
27.55
40.70
30.75
37.5


f0 band
(kHz)
19.8
14.70
26.90
18.25
21.75

N, number of individuals; n, number of calls; SFM, sinusoidally frequency modulated call; UFM, upward frequency modulated with plateau call; IUS, inverse U-shaped call; for abbreviations of the acoustic parameters see Recordings and analysis of advertisement calls in Methods.

Braune et al. BMC Biology 2008 6:19   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-19