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ML127064
eastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger
Contributor
R. Alan R. Zelley Media from this contributor
Date
9:00 AM
Location
Southern Illinois University
Illinois, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Female - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
NOTES: Weather: indoors in anechoic chamber; Physical Description of Sound: 'series of barks' 'quak, quak, quak, ---qua'; Apparent Biological Function of Sound: threat ; What Behavior Accompanied Vocalization: the squirrel made small lunges; What did animal do when not vocalizing: the squirrel remained motionless in cage ; Response to Imitation, Playback, Decoy, etc: the squirrel remained motionless on floor of cage in prone position when sound was played back. (may be a coincidence) Description of Exact Place From Which Sound was Made: the sonds were recorded in an anechoic chamber; Background Sounds: noise of squirrel on bottom of cage, a test tone of 1024 Hz at a distance of 3" 69.5 db, 6", 64 db, 12" 62.5 db, 18" 58db, 24", 54db;.
Technical information
- Recorder
- MAGNECORDER UNSPECIFIED MODEL
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 20 Nov 2005 - Ashik Rahaman
- Digitized
- 10 Nov 2005 - James Napoli