Functional convergence in bat and toothed whale biosonars

Echolocating bats and toothed whales hunt and navigate by emission of sound pulses and analysis of returning echoes to form a self-generated auditory scene. Here, we demonstrate a striking functional convergence in the way these two groups of mammals independently evolved the capability to sense wit...

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Published in:Physiology
Main Authors: Madsen, P T, Surlykke, Annemarie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Adaptation
Physiological
Air
Animals
Auditory Perception
Biological Evolution
Chiroptera
Echolocation
Water
Whales
toothed whale
toothed whales
Online Access:https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/570372bf-2fab-4f4f-a220-b28a0e902399
https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00008.2013
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Summary:Echolocating bats and toothed whales hunt and navigate by emission of sound pulses and analysis of returning echoes to form a self-generated auditory scene. Here, we demonstrate a striking functional convergence in the way these two groups of mammals independently evolved the capability to sense with sound in air and water.

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