Tavernier Chloé, Ahmed Sohail, Houpt Katherine Albro, Yeon Seong Chan
Université de Rennes 1, Master Ethology "Comportement Animal et Humain", Rennes 35000, France.
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul Wildlife Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
J Vet Sci. 2020 Jan;21(1):e18. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2020.21.e18.
Cat vocalizes to communicate with another and express their internal states. The vocal repertoire of the cat is wide and up to 21 different vocalizations have been described in the literatures. But it is more than probable that the repertoire contains more types of vocalizations. An ethogram was created in this paper describing the actual known vocalisations of the domestic cat based on an auditory classification. However, the audiogram allows also a visual classification which can increase the accuracy of vocalization differentiation. The classification can be risky as it is sometimes unclear if different types of vocalizations are produced in different environments or if a unique type of vocalization is used with variation in the acoustic parameters. As an example, isolation calls produced by kittens differ depending on the context. The environment has an important impact on the vocal behaviour and thus feral cats and pet cats vocalize differently. Pet cats are thus able to create an efficient communication with humans thanks to the flexibility of vocalisation behaviours. This review allowed us to create a simple model of the cat vocal repertory.
猫通过发声与其他个体交流并表达其内在状态。猫的发声库很广泛，文献中已描述了多达21种不同的发声。但很有可能该发声库包含更多类型的发声。本文创建了一个行为图谱，基于听觉分类描述了家猫实际已知的发声。然而，听力图也允许进行视觉分类，这可以提高发声区分的准确性。这种分类可能存在风险，因为有时不清楚不同类型的发声是在不同环境中产生的，还是使用了一种独特的发声类型但声学参数有所变化。例如，小猫发出的隔离叫声因情境而异。环境对发声行为有重要影响，因此野猫和宠物猫的发声方式不同。由于发声行为的灵活性，宠物猫能够与人类建立有效的沟通。这篇综述使我们能够创建一个简单的猫发声库模型。
