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Primate Vocalizations

The Wisconsin Primate Research Center (WPRC) has compiled lists of primate vocalizations available on the World Wide Web. Links are sorted by genus name.

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Alouatta sp.

Alouatta pigra: Howl (Belize Zoo)
Howler monkey vocalization (Kenneth Glander/Duke University)

Brachyteles sp.

Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Long neigh #1 (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)
Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Long neigh #2 (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)
Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Long neigh #3 (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)
Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Long neigh #4 (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)
Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Neigh sequence (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)
Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Short neigh #1 (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)
Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Short neigh #2 (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)
Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Staccato #1 (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)
Brachyteles hypoxanthus: Staccato #2 (Luisa Arnedo; UW-Madison)

Callicebus sp.

Callicebus discolor duet (Di Fiore & Fernandez-Duque)

Cebus sp.

Cebus apella: contact noises (ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)

Cercopithecus sp.

Cercopithecus ascanius: Chirp (African Primates at Home/Indiana University)

Chlorocebus sp.

Chlorocebus aethiops: Vervet Monkey Vocalizations (Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory)

Colobus sp.

Colobus guereza: Dominant Male Call (Wild Sanctuary)
Colobus guereza: Male roar (African Primates at Home/Indiana University)

Daubentonia sp.

Daubentonia madagascariensis male screech (Duke University Primate Center)
Daubentonia madagascariensis scream (Duke University Primate Center)
Daubentonia madagascariensis tapping (Wildlife Trust)

Eulemur sp.

Blue-eyed lemur distress call (Duke University Primate Center)
Collared lemur pulsed squeal (Duke University Primate Center)
Collared lemur scream (Duke University Primate Center)
Eulemur coronatus call (Duke University Primate Center)
Eulemur coronatus long grunt (Duke University Primate Center)
Eulemur mongoz long grunt (Duke University Primate Center)
Eulemur mongoz scream by adult male (Duke University Primate Center)
Eulemur rubriventer call (Duke University Primate Center)
Eulemur rubriventer hoot (Duke University Primate Center)
Eulemur rubriventer: Loud call at night (Erik Patel; Cornell University)

Gorilla sp.

Gorilla beringei: Gorilla Sounds (Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund)
Gorilla gorilla beringei: Belch (African Primates at Home/Indiana University)
Gorilla gorilla beringei: Chest-beat (African Primates at Home/Indiana University)
Gorilla gorilla beringei: Grunts, chestbeating (Wild Sanctuary)
Gorilla gorilla beringei: Vocalization (National Geographic)

Hapalemur sp.

Hapalemur griseus griseus call (Duke University Primate Center)
Hapalemur griseus griseus gasping growl (Duke University Primate Center)
Hapalemur griseus: Chatter-squeal during agonism (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
Hapalemur griseus: Ticks and purrs (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
Hapalemur griseus: Ticks and whee (Erik Patel; Cornell University)

Hylobates sp.

Two gibbons in polyphony (Natural History Museum of Slovenia)

Indri sp.

Indri indri: Vocalization (Kenneth Glander/Duke University)

Lemur sp.

Lemur catta: Troop calls (Wild Sanctuary)

Lophocebus sp.

Cercocebus albigena: Whoop-gobble (African Primates at Home/Indiana University)

Macaca sp.

Macaca mulatta: Rhesus Vocalizations (Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory)

Mandrillus sp.

Mandrillus sphinx: Vocalization (Discovery Channel Canada)

Microcebus sp.

Microcebus rufus: Vocalization (Erik Patel; Cornell University)

Nomascus sp.

Hylobates (Nomascus) leucogenys: Sound Gallery (Thomas Geissman's Gibbon Research Lab)

Pan sp.

Pan troglodytes: Chimp Vocalizations (Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory)
Pan troglodytes: Scream (African Primates at Home/Indiana University)
Pan troglodytes: Vocalization (Flying Frog's Zoo)
Pan troglodytes: Vocalization (EarthStation1.com)

Pongo sp.

Pongo pygmaeus: Vocalization (Discovery Channel Canada)

Propithecus sp.

Propithecus candidus: Chatter-squeal during agonism (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
Propithecus candidus: Howls (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
Propithecus candidus: Multiple animal aerial roars (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
Propithecus candidus: Single animal roars (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
Propithecus candidus: Zzuss call (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
Propithecus coquereli call (Duke University Primate Center)
Propithecus coquereli groan (Duke University Primate Center)
Propithecus diadema: Chatter, Squeal and Purr (Erik Patel, John Anderson, Mitchell T. Irwin; Cornell and Stony Brook University)
Propithecus diadema: Howl (Erik Patel, John Anderson, Mitchell T. Irwin; Cornell and Stony Brook University)
Propithecus diadema: Hum (Erik Patel, John Anderson, Mitchell T. Irwin; Cornell and Stony Brook University)
Propithecus diadema: MMM (Erik Patel, John Anderson, Mitchell T. Irwin; Cornell and Stony Brook University)
Propithecus diadema: Purr (Erik Patel, John Anderson, Mitchell T. Irwin; Cornell and Stony Brook University)
Propithecus diadema: Roar (Erik Patel, John Anderson, Mitchell T. Irwin; Cornell and Stony Brook University)
Propithecus diadema: Zzuss (Erik Patel, John Anderson, Mitchell T. Irwin; Cornell and Stony Brook University)
Propithecus edwardsi: Aerial roars (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
Propithecus edwardsi: Mmm call (Erik Patel; Cornell University)