The role of vocal tract filtering in identity cueing in rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) vocalizations

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Drew RendallP S Rodman

Abstract

The importance of individual identity and kinship has been demonstrated in the social behavior of many nonhuman primates, with some evidence suggesting that individually distinctive acoustic features are present in their vocalizations as well. In order to systematically test whether acoustic cues to identity are reliably present across the vocal repertoire of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), we examined coos, grunts, and noisy screams produced by adult females of two free-ranging groups. First, acoustic analyses were used to characterize spectral patterning, the fundamental frequency, and temporal characteristics of these three distinct call types. Vocalizations were then classified by caller identity, based on discriminant function analyses. Results showed that coos (rich, harmonically structured sounds) were markedly more distinctive by caller than were either grunts or noisy screams, and that spectral-patterning measures related to vocal tract filtering effects were the most reliable markers of individual identity. Grunts (pulsed, noisy calls) were classified at lower, but above-chance rates and spectral patterning cues were again critical in this sorting. Noisy screams (continuous, broadband noise bursts that could include ...Continue Reading

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