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Table 1 Comparison of advertisement calls of three mouse lemur species.

From: Acoustic divergence in the communication of cryptic species of nocturnal primates (Microcebus ssp.)

Species

Note contour

Acoustic parameter

Median

Minimum

Maximum

25th percentile

75th percentile

M. murinus

SFM

Duration

(ms)

870

710

1,040

870

985

( N = 5; n = 30)

 

f 0 min

(kHz)

12.30

12.00

13.95

12.20

13.80

  

f 0 max

(kHz)

35.90

34.90

37.80

35.60

36.40

  

f 0 band

(kHz)

23.10

20.90

25.20

21.60

23.20

M. ravelobensis

UFM

Duration

(ms)

375

360

430

365

405

( N = 4; n = 39)

 

f 0 min

(kHz)

12.50

11.60

13.35

11.65

13.33

  

f 0 max

(kHz)

37.00

33.00

38.70

34.70

38.15

  

f 0 band

(kHz)

24.13

21.60

26.70

22.70

25.58

M. lehilahytsara

IUS

Duration

(ms)

135

120

160

135

150

( N = 5; n = 20)

 

f 0 min

(kHz)

13.8

12.50

15.75

12.85

14.75

  

f 0 max

(kHz)

34.5

27.55

40.70

30.75

37.5

  

f 0 band

(kHz)

19.8

14.70

26.90

18.25

21.75

  1. N, number of individuals; n, number of calls; SFM, sinusoidally frequency modulated call; UFM, upward frequency modulated with plateau call; IUS, inverse U-shaped call; for abbreviations of the acoustic parameters see Recordings and analysis of advertisement calls in Methods.