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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

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

Brachyteles

• 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

• Callicebus discolor duet  (Di Fiore & Fernandez-Duque)

Cebus

• Cebus apella: contact noises  (ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)

Cercopithecus

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

Chlorocebus

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

Colobus

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

Daubentonia

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

Eulemur

• 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)

Gorilla

• 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

• Hapalemur griseus griseus call  (Duke University Primate Center)
• Hapalemur griseus griseus gasping growl  (Duke University Primate Center)

Hylobates

• Two gibbons in polyphony  (Natural History Museum of Slovenia)

Indri

• Indri indri: Vocalization  (Kenneth Glander/Duke University)

Lemur

• Lemur catta: Troop calls  (Wild Sanctuary)

Lophocebus

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

Macaca

• Macaca mulatta: Rhesus Vocalizations  (Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory)

Mandrillus

• Mandrillus sphinx: Vocalization  (Discovery Channel Canada)

Microcebus

• Microcebus rufus: Vocalization  (Erik Patel; Cornell University)

Nomascus

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

Pan

• 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

• Pongo pygmaeus: Vocalization  (Discovery Channel Canada)

Propithecus

• Propithecus candidus: Chatter-squeal during agonism  (Erik Patel; Cornell University)
• Propithecus coquereli call  (Duke University Primate Center)
• Propithecus coquereli groan  (Duke University Primate Center)
• Propithecus diadema: Roar  (Erik Patel, John Anderson, Mitchell T. Irwin; Cornell and Stony Brook University)

Rhinopithecus

• Rhinopithecus roxellana: Hiccup, female  (Primate Gallery, by Tim Knight)
• Rhinopithecus roxellana: Male  (Primate Gallery, by Tim Knight)
• Rhinopithecus roxellana: Male-female duet  (Primate Gallery, by Tim Knight)

Saguinus

• Saguinus oedipus: Bark bout  (Matthew Campbell; UW-Madison)
• Saguinus oedipus: Cotton-top Tamarin Vocalizations  (Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory)
• Saguinus oedipus: High chirp trill  (Matthew Campbell; UW-Madison)
• Saguinus oedipus: Mobbing response  (Matthew Campbell; UW-Madison)
• Saguinus oedipus: Series of A chirps  (Matthew Campbell; UW-Madison)

Varecia

• Black and white ruffed lemur call  (Duke University Primate Center)
• Black and white ruffed lemur call #2  (Duke University Primate Center)
• Varecia variegata rubra growl/snort  (Duke University Primate Center)
• Varecia variegata rubra pulsed squawks  (Duke University Primate Center)
• Varecia variegata rubra: Long-call  (The Wild Ones)