hiss and spit: involuntary reactions to when a cat is surprised by an (apparent) enemy.Used to signal danger or to warn or scare off an opponent, often intertwined with howls/moans/yowls and hisses growl: a guttural, harsh, regularly and rapidly pulse-modulated, low-pitched sound of usually long duration produced during a slow steady exhalation, with a vocalic or rhotic, occasionally beginning with an.These sounds are often associated with either offensive or defensive aggression (agonistic vocalisations), but also with prey-directed vocalisations mating call (mating cry): long sequences of meow-like sounds, sometimes similar to howling and/or the cries of human infants, usually in spring during the mating season.During a threatening situation, they are often merged or combined with by growls in long sequences with slowly varying tone (melody) and intensity howl, yowl, moan or anger wail: long and often repeated vocalic warning signals usually produced by gradually opening the mouth wider and closing it again.trill-meow: a combination of a trill (chirrup, chirr, murmur) and a meow.a closed door or window) Adult cats mainly meow to humans, and seldom to other cats, so adult meow could be a post-domestication extension of mewing by kittens. meow (or miaow): combination of vowels resulting in the characteristic sequence, often used in cat-human communication to solicit food or to pass an obstacle (e.g. moan: with or vowel, often when sad or demandingĭ. squeak: raspy nasal high-pitched mew-like callĬ. mew: a high-pitched meow with, or quality kittens may use it to solicit attention from their mother, and adult cats may use it when they are sad or in distress or when they signal submissivenessī. meow (miaow): Meows can be assertive, plaintive, friendly, bold, welcoming, attention soliciting, demanding, or complaining, sad, or even be silent (cf.Sounds produced with an opening-closing mouth Sometimes cats combine a grunt or trill with a meow sound, thus producing more complex vocalisation types. Grunts (murmurs) are usually more low-pitched, while trills or chirr(ups) are more high-pitched. during friendly approach and greeting, and during play. a voiced trill or purr (sometimes a bit harsh) used e.g. trill, chirr, chirrup, grunt, murmur: a short and often soft meow rolled on the tongue, i.e.purr(ing): low-pitched regular sound produced during alternating (pulmonic) egressive and ingressive airstream when the cat is content, hungry, stressed, in pain, gives birth or is dying probably signals ”I do not pose a threat”.(based on Moelk, 1944, McKinley 1982 and my own recordings and phonetic analyses) More links to videos with examples of the different sounds will also be added.
It is work in progress, and this page will be updated regularly as I learn more about the different cat vocalisations. This sub-project aims at categorising the many different cat sounds into distinct types.
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