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. 2014 Oct 29;9(10):e110832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110832

Table 2. The approximate hearing ranges of 24 animals using data extracted from (https://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html) and additional data from papers cited in this study.

Animal Scientific name Approximate Range (Hz) Upper Range (KHz)
bat Unknown sp 2,000–110,000 110
cat Felis catus 45–64,000 64
chicken Gallus gallus 125–2,000 2
cow Bos taurus 23–35,000 35
dog Canis lupus 67–45,000 45
elephant Loxodonta sp 16–12,000 12
ferret Mustela putorius furo 16–44,000 44
guinea pig Cavia porcellus 54–50,000 50
hedgehog Erinaceinae sp 250–45,000 45
horse Equus caballus 55–33,500 33
human Homo sapien 64–23,000 23
house mouse Mus musculus 2300–92,000 92
opossum Didelphis sp 500–64,000 64
rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 96–49,000 49
raccoon Procyon lotor 100–40,000 40
rat Rattus rattus 200–76,000 76
sheep Ovis aries 100–30,000 30
cotton rat Sigmondon hispidusi 1000–72,000 72
brush tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula *??-88,000 88
fox squirrel Sciurus niger 113–49,000 49
northern quoll Dasyurus hallucatus 500–40,000 40
wood rat Neotoma floridana 940–56,000 56
grasshopper mouse Onychomys leucogaster 1850–69,000 69
kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami 50–62,000 62

*lower hearing range is unknown for this species.