A description of the orangutan's vocal and sound repertoire, with a focus on geographic variation

Madeleine E. Hardus; Adriano R. Lameira; Ian Singleton; Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard; Cheryl D. Knott; Marc Ancrenaz; S. Suci Utami Atmoko; Serge A. Wich

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A description of the orangutan's vocal and sound repertoire, with a focus on geographic variation

Madeleine E. Hardus^*, Adriano R. Lameira, Ian Singleton, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, Cheryl D. Knott, Marc Ancrenaz, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, Serge A. Wich

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This chapter provides an overview of the sounds and vocalizations that Sumatran and Bornean orangutans produce. The current data set indicates that there are at least 32 different orangutan sounds and vocalizations that can be distinguished. Interestingly enough not all of these are produced by all individuals in all populations and several occur only in certain populations, but not in others. These preliminary findings indicate that there might be socially learned variation in orangutan sounds and that the cultural domain includes sounds. Future studies should examine such possibilities in detail.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Orangutans
Subtitle of host publication	Geographic Variation in Behavioral Ecology and Conservation
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191707568
ISBN (Print)	9780199213276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213276.003.0004
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Acoustic
Bornean orangutans
Culture
Geography
Sumatran orangutans

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Hardus, M. E., Lameira, A. R., Singleton, I., Morrogh-Bernard, H. C., Knott, C. D., Ancrenaz, M., Utami Atmoko, S. S., & Wich, S. A. (2008). A description of the orangutan's vocal and sound repertoire, with a focus on geographic variation. In Orangutans: Geographic Variation in Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213276.003.0004

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