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Research overview: evolution and phylogeny of vocal anatomy across the cat family
OverviewVocal abilities are distributed across the felid family tree in informative ways, and this overview reviews the evolution of cat vocal anatomy. Mapping hyoid structure and laryngeal features onto feli…
Research overview: why big cats roar but cannot purr continuously, and vice versa
OverviewThe roaring big cats and the purring small cats appear to form complementary groups, and this overview reviews the basis and limits of this divide. The flexible, incompletely ossified hyoid and specia…
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