Ability of an Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) to Discriminate Between, and Potentially Identify to Individual, the Whistles of Another Species, the Common Dolphin (Delphinus Delphis).

Abstract

An Atlantic Bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) quickly learned to respond differentially to randomly assorted whistles of four different individuals of another dolphin genus (Delphinus). This suggests an acoustic pathway for rapid and accurate recognition of individuals of another genus and opens the possibility for an intergeneric social ordering. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0742344

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People

  • David K. Caldwell
  • Melba C. Caldwell
  • Nicholas R. Hall

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Behavioral Disciplines And Activities
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Cooperation
  • Group Dynamics
  • Identification
  • Recognition

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  • Computational Linguistics
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Molecular Genetics