When desiring prey which is out of reach: displacementĪ short, high-pitched call described as similar to a bird chirping. May be like the yowlĬat rhythmically clashes the jaws, creating a low-amplitude, smacking sound. By creating a clear ethogram of the known cat vocalizations ( Table 1), it will also be possible to show the unknown or controversial behaviors. To compare with other reviews that might already be published, this one will explore both qualitative and quantitative acoustic research of the domestic cat vocalization. We also aimed to give the situations in which vocalization is produced (chapter: context of vocal production) and how those situations can influence the vocal production. The present paper aims thus to summarize the knowledge on those behaviors in order to help future research by stating what is known (chapter: vocal classification) and what is still to be understood (chapter: future research and conclusion).
At the present time, research about cat vocalization is sparse and in the popular mind few facts are known about cat vocalization. This is a surprising finding, especially as one would predict that small prey like the cat would tend to vocalize less to prevent localization by a predator. One particularity of the domestic cat is that it has been described as having a more developed and complex vocal repertoire than any other member of the carnivora and is even more vocal than its wild counterpart, the Felis silvestris lybica. The communication system of cats is wide, and specific messages can be transmitted using several sensory modalities like visual, olfactory or auditory signals. The domestic cat ( Felis silvestris catus) is one of the most common domestic animals nowadays with around 600 million individuals in the world. This review allowed us to create a simple model of the cat vocal repertory. Pet cats are thus able to create an efficient communication with humans thanks to the flexibility of vocalisation behaviours. The environment has an important impact on the vocal behaviour and thus feral cats and pet cats vocalize differently. As an example, isolation calls produced by kittens differ depending on the context. The classification can be risky as it is sometimes unclear if different types of vocalizations are produced in different environments or if a unique type of vocalization is used with variation in the acoustic parameters. However, the audiogram allows also a visual classification which can increase the accuracy of vocalization differentiation. An ethogram was created in this paper describing the actual known vocalisations of the domestic cat based on an auditory classification. But it is more than probable that the repertoire contains more types of vocalizations. The vocal repertoire of the cat is wide and up to 21 different vocalizations have been described in the literatures. Cat vocalizes to communicate with another and express their internal states.
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