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Ultrasound in Rodents

Nature volume 217, pages 682–683 (1968)Cite this article

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DURING a comparative survey among small mammals, I found that ultrasounds were produced by the young of all species of myomorph rodents studied. Ultrasounds were also associated with aggressive and submissive behaviour in adult laboratory rats and with aggressive behaviour in the adults of several other species1. Observations have now shown that ultrasonic pulses are produced by more species and in more situations than were previously mentioned, and these are reported here.

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SEWELL, G. Ultrasound in Rodents. Nature 217, 682–683 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217682a0

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