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| African Elephant Loxodonta africana | |
| recorded by David Watts, 28 September 1974, west of Halali, Etosha National Park, Namibia. | |
| Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus | |
| calls, recorded by Patrick Sellar, 7 August 1981, Spitsbergen, Norway. | |
| Badger Meles meles | |
| moving through field, recorded by William Pedley, 19 September 1980, Akeley, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Bamboo Rat Dactylomus dactylinus | |
| calls at night, recorded by Richard Ranft, 22 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Bare-faced Tamarin Saguinus bicolor | |
| recorded by Jacques Vielliard, 26 August 1987, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. | |
| Black Panther Panthera pardus | |
| growls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 29 September 1986, Banham Zoo, Norfolk, England. | |
| Burchell's Zebra Equus burchelli | |
| recorded by John Dunning, Wankie Game Reserve, South Africa. | |
| Cattle | |
| bullocks mooing, recorded by William Pedley, 21 April 1973, Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes | |
| recorded by Jo Wong, 3-20 July 1995, Budongo Forest, Masindi district, Uganda. | |
| Colobus Monkey Colobus guereza | |
| recorded by Roland McVicker, 29 July 1982, Kakamega, Kenya. | |
| Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus | |
| sonar calls at 45 kHz (time expanded x 10), recorded by Nancy Vaughan, 9 June 1993, Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Crested Gibbon Hylobates concolor | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 18 June 1988 , Twycross Zoo, England. | |
| Domestic cat | |
| greeting and purr, recorded by Phil Riddett, 16 January 1996, Kent, England. | |
| Domestic Pigs | |
| grunts and snorts, recorded by Richard Ranft, Blackdown, West Sussex, England. | |
| Edible Dormouse Glis glis | |
| recorded by Reg Genever, July 1963, Hazelborough Forest, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| European Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus | |
| recorded by Laurence Shove, England. | |
| Fallow Deer Dama dama | |
| from "Wild Britain" CD. Pig-like grunts at night from rutting Fallow Deer bucks, recorded by Richard Margoschis, 27 October 1975, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England. | |
| Flying Fox Pteropus sp | |
| screeches, recorded by John B. Fisher, 3 October 1983, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Foxhounds | |
| howls, recorded by John Paterson, Hampshire, England. | |
| Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis | |
| recorded by Reg Tassell, October 1971, Devon, England. | |
| Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius | |
| recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, 2 July 1985, Luangwa River, Zambia. | |
| Impala Aepyceros melampus | |
| calls, recorded by David Watts, 24 June 1984, east of Naboomspruit, Transvaal, South Africa. | |
| Indri Indri indri | |
| song, recorded by Jon Pollock, 1972, Madagascar. | |
| Koala Phascolarctos cinereus | |
| calls, recorded by John B. Fisher, 6 March 1984, Grampian Mountains, Victoria, Australia. | |
| Lion Panthera leo | |
| roars and snarls, recorded by Simon Bearder, June 1974, Timbavati Reserve, East Transvaal, Transvaal, South Africa. | |
| Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorilla | |
| chest beats, recorded by Nicola Chao, 2002, Mikongo Conservation Area, Lope National Park, Gabon. | |
| Mantled Howler Alouatta palliata | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 2 May 1985, Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. | |
| Mountain Reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula | |
| whistles, recorded by David Watts, 26 November 1984, Royal National Park, Natal, South Africa. | |
| Night monkey Aotus azarae | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 24 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Noctule bat Nyctalus noctula | |
| sonar calls heard through a heterodyne detector, recorded by Richard Ranft, 3 June 1986, Brook Wood, Kent, England. | |
| Noctule bat Nyctalus noctula | |
| sonar calls heard at one quarter frequency, recorded by Richard Ranft, 3 June 1986, Brook Wood, Kent, England. | |
| Olive Baboon Papio anubis | |
| shriek and bark, recorded by Claude Chappuis, 22 January 1967, Parc Nairobi, Kenya. | |
| OrangUtan Pongo pygmaeus | |
| recorded by Marina Davila Ross, 27 August 2001, Batang Ai National Park, Sarawak, Borneo. | |
| Red Deer Cervus elaphus | |
| roaring, recorded by Richard Margoschis, 19 October 1980, Glen Meinech, Inverness, Scotland. | |
| Red Fox Vulpes vulpes | |
| calls at night, recorded by Richard Margoschis, 16 January 1972, Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Red Fox Vulpes vulpes | |
| Barking in distance, recorded by William Pedley, 26 December 1983 , Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Sheep | |
| recorded by Eric & May Nobles, 20 May 1989, Aberdaron, Wales. | |
| Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus | |
| sonar calls at 55kHz (time-expanded recording x10 ), recorded by Nancy Vaughan, 24 May 1993, Bristol, England. | |
| Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta | |
| calls, recorded by David Watts, 20 January 1980, Umfolosi Game Park , Zululand, South Africa. | |
| Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis | |
| calls, recorded by Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire, November 1989, Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda. | |
| Vervet Monkey Cercopithecus aethiops | |
| calls, recorded by Roland McVicker, 28 July 1982, Lake Naivasha, Kenya. | |
| White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar | |
| duet, recorded by Reg Kersley, Ampang Game Reserve, Malaysia. | |
| Wolf Canis lupus | |
| howling, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 23rd September 1995, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Wolves Canis lupus | |
| howling, recorded by Richard Ranft, Toronto Zoo, Canada. | |
| Yellow baboon Papio cynocephalus | |
| barks, recorded by Roland McVicker, 4 September 1983, Ramis, Kenya. | |
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