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Hearing in the Elephant ( Elephas maximus )

1980; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 208; Issue: 4443 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.7367876

1095-9203

Rickye S. Heffner, Henry E. Heffner,

Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Auditory thresholds were determined for a 7-year-old Indian elephant. The hearing range extended from 17 hertz to 10.5 kilohertz. The results indicate that the inverse relationship between functional interaural distance (that is, the distance between the two ears divided by the speed of sound) and high-frequency hearing limit is valid even for very large mammals.