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Purr

A purr or whirr is a tonal fluttering sound made by some species of felids, including both larger, wild cats and the domestic cat (Felis catus), as well as two species of genets and the Caquetá titi monkey (Plecturocebus caquetensis). It varies in loudness and tone among species and in the same animal. Although true purring is exclusive to felids and…

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Mechanism

Neural oscillatorInfundibular regionElectromyographicVocal foldsLarynx
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Overview

FelidsDomestic catGenetsCaquetá titi monkeyFelids
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Frequency, amplitude, and respiratory variation

FrequencyEgressiveIngressive
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Purpose

NursingLaborWater breaks
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Frequency, amplitude, and respiratory variation

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Purr

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Triples69
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
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related to Further reading · 17
Purr → Bibcode, Borchelt PL, Companion Animal Behavior, Compendium, Continuing Education, Delack JB, Feline, Mammal Review, Peters, Practicing Veterinarian, Purring, Readings, Reprinted, Stogdale, Trenton, Veterinary Learning Systems, Voith VL
related to Frequency, amplitude, and respiratory variation · 15
Purr → Acinonyx, Domestic, Duthie, Eklund, Felis, Hz, In, Likewise, Mean, Moreover, Munro, Peters, Schötz, There, Weise
related to Purpose · 13
Purr → Cats, During, For, Humans, In, Post-nursing, Purring, Similarities, Some, The, These, This, Using
related to Degree of hyoid ossification · 12
Purr → All, Based, Felidae, Felinae, No, Owen, Panthera, Pantherinae, Pocock, The, Uncia, Weissengruber
related to Mechanism · 5
Purr → Although, An, Studies, The, There
related to External links · 3
Purr → Cheshire, Robert Eklund's Purring Page, Why
related to Vocal folds/laryngeal muscles · 2
Purr → Combined, One
is a · 1
Purr → object of speculation

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cats purring frequency cat also egressive ingressive sound phases species hyoid domestic animal animals mechanism ossified purrs amplitude eklund four

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Purris aobject of speculation0.90text
raccoons produce vocalizations that sound similar to true purringinstance ofother animals0.80text
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationNo0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationThe0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationFelidae0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationFelinae0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationPantherinae0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationOwen0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationPocock0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationWeissengruber0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationPanthera0.60section
Purrrelated to Degree of hyoid ossificationUncia0.60section

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