Sensory biology: Tree mice use echolocation
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1School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
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|September 28, 2021
Abstract:
A new study demonstrates that soft-furred tree mice orientate by using echolocation, emitting ultrasonic broadband chirps. Remarkable convergent evolution with distantly related bats and dolphins in ear bone morphology and sensory genes is evident.

