Abstract
The auditory system of cetaceans, since they are capable of underwater hearing and adapted for echo location, has attracted major interest for many years. More precisely speaking, one of the two cetacean suborders, Odontoceti (toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises) was a subject of a particular interest. Probably all of them (at least, all species investigated to date) are capable of active echolocation. For echolocation, they use ultrasonic signals ranging to higher than 100 kHz (Kellogg, 1959; Norris et al., 1961; Norris, 1969; Au, 1993). Some information on auditory perception of odontocetes obtained in behavioral conditioning studies is presented in reviews by Popper (1980), Fobes and Smock (1981), Watkins and Wartzok (1985), and Au (1993).
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Supin, A.Y., Popov, V.V., Mass, A.M. (2001). Hearing in Cetaceans. In: The Sensory Physiology of Aquatic Mammals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1647-7_2
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