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BioAcoustica is a free, open repository of wildlife sound recordings from the Natural History Museum, London.

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Molossidae

Family · 11 recordings · 1 specimen

Contains

Cheiromeles11
Molossops0
Molossus0
Promops0
Tadarida0

Recordings

Cheiromeles torquatus A (including feeding buzz)0:32
Cheiromeles torquatus B1:18
Cheiromeles torquatus C0:19
Cheiromeles torquatus D0:26
Cheiromeles torquatus E0:13
Cheiromeles torquatus F0:13
Cheiromeles torquatus G0:10
Cheiromeles torquatus H0:50
Cheiromeles torquatus I0:11
Cheiromeles torquatus K0:12
Cheiromeles torquatus L0:12

Specimens

Cheiromeles torquatus BioAcoustica Heller 11992-03-30

Literature

Geipel, Inga; Smeekes, Marcus J.; Halfwerk, Wouter; Page, Rachel A. (2019). Noise as an informational cue for decision-making: the sound of rain delays bat emergence. The Journal of Experimental Biology: jeb.192005.
Hintze, Frederico; Arias-Aguilar, Adriana; Dias-Silva, Leonardo; Delgado-Jaramillo, Mariana; Silva, Carina Rodrigues; Jucá, Thays; Mischiatti, Francyne Lyrio; Almeida, Márcio; Bezerra, Bruna; Aguiar, Ludmilla M S; Ramos Pereira, Maria João; Bernard, Enrico (2019). Molossid unlimited: extraordinary extension of range and unusual vocalization patterns of the bat, Promops centralisAbstract.
Oliveira, Thiago F; Ramalho, Daniel F; Mora, Emanuel C; Aguiar, Ludmilla M S (2018). The acoustic gymnastics of the dwarf dog-faced bat (Molossops temminckii) in environments with different degrees of clutter. Journal of Mammalogy, 99(4): 965 - 973.
Jarvis, Jenna; Jackson, William; Smotherman, Michael (2013). Groups of bats improve sonar efficiency through mutual suppression of pulse emissions. Frontiers in Physiology, 4.
O'Farrell, Michael J.; Miller, Bruce W.; Gannon, William L. (1999). Qualitative Identification of Free-flying Bats Using the Anabat Detector. Journal of MammalogyJournal of Mammalogy, 80(1): 11-23.
Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (1996). Echolocation and body size in insectivorous bats: the case of the giant naked bat Cheiromeles torquatus (Molossidae). Le Rhinolophe, 11: 27–38.
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