sound reception

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Introduction
Organs of sound reception in invertebrates
- Types of insect auditory structures
  - Hair sensilla
  - Antennae and antennal organs
  - Cercal organs
  - Tympanal organs
- Evidence of hearing and communication in insects
  - Behavioral observations
  - Electrophysiological observations
- Evidence of hearing and communication in spiders
  - Anatomical evidence
  - Behavioral evidence
Sound reception in vertebrates— auditory mechanisms of fishes and amphibians
- Hearing in fishes
  - The basic auditory mechanisms in teleosts
  - Special stimulation mechanisms
  - Auditory sensitivity of fishes
- Hearing in amphibians
  - The auditory mechanism in frogs
  - Auditory sensitivity of amphibians
Auditory structures of reptiles
- Lizards
  - Auditory structure
  - Hearing abilities of lizards
- Snakes
- Amphisbaenians
- Turtles
- Crocodiles
Hearing in birds
- The avian auditory structure
- Auditory sensitivity in birds
- Uses of hearing in birds
Hearing in mammals
- Auditory structure of mammals
- Hearing in subhuman mammals
  - Primates
  - Common laboratory animals
  - Large mammals
  - Marine mammals
  - Echolocation in bats
  - Echolocation in other mammals

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