Cottontail rabbits represent the first wild species of the order of lagomorphs whose hearing
abilities have been determined. Cottontails, Sylvilagus floridanus, evolved in the New World …

A Anestesiologia Veterinária vem evoluindo rapidamente suas técnicas, fármacos e
monitoração, oferecendo qualidade e segurança nos mais variados procedimentos que …

This text1 follows oscillations of hearing, water and air in conjunction with notions of sound
that are terrestrially situated, geologically invested, contextually distributed and …

Extant cetaceans are fully aquatic mammals with deep modifications of their sensory organs,
notably of the sound perception pathway. Early diverging cetaceans, known as …

The history of cetaceans demonstrates dramatic macroevolutionary changes that have aided
their transformation from terrestrial to obligate aquatic mammals. Their fossil record shows …

Over the past century research on the morphology of the auditory apparatuses of pinnipeds,
which include Phocidae (true seals), Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals), and Odobenidae …

The most conspicuous aural adaptation in northern elephant seals (NES) is complete
absence of an auricle and a tortuous collapsed external acoustic meatus. The NES …

The stapes is the last of the middle ear ossicle chain and the smallest bone of the
mammalian skeleton. Because it rests on the membrane of the fenestra vestibuli during life …

In this contribution, we describe the external and internal morphology of a delphinid petrosal
bone collected from Ahu Tahai, a burial site located on the Southwestern coast of Easter …

Weta possess typical Ensifera ears. Each ear comprises three functional parts: two equally
sized tympanal membranes, an underlying system of modified tracheal chambers, and the …