40- and 70-kHz vocalizations of mice (Mus musculus) during copulation

Physiology & Behavior
N R WhiteJ G Nyby

Abstract

Ultrasonic vocalizations were tape recorded from five pairs of copulating mice and subjected to spectrographic analysis. As expected, the mice emitted numerous 70-kHz vocalizations. At the beginning of the test, before copulation began, 70-kHz calls were emitted almost continuously, while calls with lower spectrographic frequencies were not observed. Subsequently, bursts of 70-kHz calling generally began shortly before mounts and intromissions and persisted until dismount. Intermixed with these 70-kHz calls were additional vocalizations of about 40 kHz. Calling rates were highest just prior to intromission. Once intromissions began, 70-kHz calls continued at a lower rate until dismount; however, 40-kHz calls occurred infrequently. In a second experiment, the male was found to emit the majority of the 70-kHz calls and all of the 40-kHz calls. When the male was devocalized, few calls were detected, regardless of whether the female was able to call. If the male was not devocalized, high rates of calling were detected, even if the female was devocalized.

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