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Science 2 May 1980:
Vol. 208. no. 4443, pp. 518 - 520
DOI: 10.1126/science.7367876
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Science, Vol 208, Issue 4443, 518-520
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Hearing in the elephant (Elephas maximus)

R Heffner and H Heffner

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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