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Characteristic responses shown by free ranging mangabeys to playback of species-specific vocalizations allow field measurement of their sound-localizing abilities. The median error of localization of single 10 to 15 s calls heard through several hundred meters of tropical forest was only 6°.
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Waser, P.M. Sound localization by monkeys: A field experiment. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2, 427–431 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299511
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