Recorded Primate Vocalizations (Apes)

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Apes
Links to Vocalization Recordings
Wisconsin Primate Research Center

Gorilla (gorilla)
- Gorilla gorilla (gorilla)
  - Bark -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Chatter Grumble -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Cough Grunt -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Double Grunt -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Family squabble -- SOURCE: The Wild Ones
  - Grumble -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Grumble/Moan -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Grunt -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Hoot Series -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Hoots -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Inverse Double Grunt -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Moan -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Multiple Grunts -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Play Sounds -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Quadruple Grunt -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Roar -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Scream -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Syllabled Grumble -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Train Grunts -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Triple Grunt -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
  - Vocalization #3 -- SOURCE: Busch Gardens
  - Vocalization -- SOURCE: Sea World
  - Whimper -- SOURCE: Stephanie Gibeault, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Gorilla gorilla beringei (mountain gorilla)
  - Belch -- SOURCE: (c) 1992 M.K. Holder, Indiana University, African Primates at Home
  - Chest-beat SOURCE: (c) 1992 M.K. Holder, Indiana University, African Primates at Home
  - Grunts,chestbeating -- SOURCE: Wild Sanctuary
  - Vocalization -- SOURCE: National Geographic
- Gorilla gorilla graueri (lowland gorilla)
  - Vocalization #1 -- SOURCE: Discovery Channel Canada
Hylobates (gibbon)
- Hylobates (gibbon)
  - Vocalization -- SOURCE: Sea World
  - Vocalization #3 -- SOURCE: Busch Gardens
  - A wide variety of gibbon vocals may be found at the Gibbon Research Lab in Hannover, Germany.
  - Glissando vocalization -- SOURCE: Natural History Museum of Slovenia
  - Gibbon call -- SOURCE: Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand
Pan (chimpanzee, bonobo)
- Pan paniscus (bonobo)
  - Full repertoire -- SOURCE: Living Links (Emory University)
  - Vocalization -- SOURCE: Sea World
  - Vocalization comparison to Pan troglodytes -- SOURCE: Living Links (Emory University)
    Above link requires Real Audio and features narration by Lesleigh Luttrell.
- Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)
  - Copulation scream -- SOURCE: Hauser Primate Lab
  - Pant barks -- SOURCE: Hauser Primate Lab
  - Pant grunts -- SOURCE: Hauser Primate Lab
  - Pant hoot -- SOURCE: Hauser Primate Lab
  - Scream -- SOURCE: African Primates at Home (Indiana University)
  - Screams -- SOURCE: Hauser Primate Lab
  - Vocalization #1 -- SOURCE: Zoobooks
  - Vocalization #2 -- SOURCE: Discovery Channel Canada
  - Vocalization #3 -- SOURCE: Flying Frog
  - Vocalization #4 -- SOURCE: Earthstation1.com
  - Vocalization #5 -- SOURCE: Busch Gardens
  - Vocalization comparison to Pan paniscus -- SOURCE: Living Links (Emory University)
    Above link requires Real Audio and features narration by Lesleigh Luttrell.
  - Whimpers -- SOURCE: Hauser Primate Lab
Pongo (orangutan)
- Pongo pygmaeus (orangutan)
  - Vocalization #1 -- SOURCE: Discovery Channel Canada
  - Vocalization #2 -- SOURCE: BBC

The Wisconsin Primate Research Center (WRPRC) has compiled lists of primate vocalizations available on the World Wide Web. Links access audio files directly, unless otherwise noted. "SOURCE" indicates the website on which each audio file is located.

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For more information, contact Ray Hamel, WRPRC Special Collections Librarian, at 1 (608) 263-3512 or hamel@primate.wisc.edu

URL: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/vocals/apes.html
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Last updated: March 7, 2003.

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