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Agonistic Vocalisations in Domestic Cats : A Case Study

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Author

Editor

  • Malin Svensson Lundmark
  • Gilbert Ambrazaitis
  • Joost van de Weijer

Summary, in English

Introducing a new cat to a home with resident cats may lead to stress, aggression and even fights. In this case study 468 agonistic cat vocalisations were recorded as one cat was introduced to three resident cats in her new home. Six vocalisation types were identified: growl, howl, howl-growl, hiss, spit and snarl. Numerous other intermediate and complex vocalisations were also observed. An acoustic analysis showed differences within and between all types. Future studies include further acoustic analyses of cat vocalisations produced by a larger number of cats.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

85-90

Publication/Series

Working Papers

Volume

55

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Lund University

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Conference name

Fonetik 2015

Conference date

2015-06-08 - 2015-06-10

Conference place

Lund, Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0280-526X