Maurice Lanselle
"Elk calls have regional dialects
Whales, bats and birds sound different depending on where they live. So do elk, according to new research."
"Pennsylvania’s elk herds were translocated from the West in the early 1900s, and today they have longer tonal whistles and quieter bugles than elk in Colorado. Meanwhile, bugles change frequency from low to high tones more sharply in Wyoming than they do in Pennsylvania or Colorado."
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/north-wildlife-elk-calls-have-regional-dialects
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Elk calls have regional dialects

Whales, bats and birds sound different depending on where they live. So do elk, according to new research.

Aug 22, 2023 at 8:28amWeb
Show threadMaurice LanselleAug 22, 2023
Bioacoustics cont'd:
"Elk are not the only species with regional dialects. In the United States, eastern and western hermit thrushes sing different song structures, and the white-crowned sparrow’s song helps ornithologists identify where it was born. Crested gibbons and Campbell’s monkeys also have localized dialects in their songs and calls, as does the rock hyrax, a mammal that looks like a rodent but is actually related to elephants."