title: Functional convergence in bat and toothed whale biosonars.
abstract: Echolocating bats and toothed whales hunt and navigate by emission of sound pulses and analysis of returning echoes to form a self-generated auditory scene. Here, we demonstrate a striking functional convergence in the way these two groups of mammals independently evolved the capability to sense with sound in air and water.
authors.affiliation: Zoophysiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surlykke
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000388:Air; D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004455:Echolocation; D014867:Water; D014907:Whales / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014867:Water