BEHAVIORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF UNDERWATER VOCALIZATIONS OF CAPTIVE LEOPARD SEALS, HYDURGA LEPTONYX

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Rogers, T. L., Cato, Douglas H., Bryden, M. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; New Zealand; Lone; Leopard Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00593.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1996.tb00593.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00593.x

A bstract Two groups of underwater vocalizations were identified in a three‐year study of two captive leopard seals, Hydurga leptonyx (one female and one male at Taronga Zoo, Sydney). This was supplemented by recordings over three months from a male at Marineland, New Zealand. The sexual state of th...