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Comparative Study
. 1980 May 2;208(4443):518-20.
doi: 10.1126/science.7367876.

Hearing in the elephant (Elephas maximus)

R Heffner, H Heffner
Comparative Study

Hearing in the elephant (Elephas maximus)

R Heffner et al. Science. .

Abstract

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.

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