animal communication

the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behaviour of the receivers
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Summary

animal communication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • animal communication is a type of biocommunication[2].
  • animal communication is a type of animal behavior[3].
  • animal communication's Commons category is recorded as Animal communication[4].
  • animal communication's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Animal communication[5].
  • animal communication's described at URL is recorded as https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/98611-wild-talk/[6].
  • animal communication's described by source is recorded as Scent marking in mammals[7].
  • animal communication's topic has template is recorded as Template:Animal communication[8].
  • animal communication's uses is recorded as animal vocalization[9].
  • animal communication's studied by is recorded as signalling theory[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include biocommunication[2] and animal behavior[3].

Why It Matters

animal communication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → animal-communication
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'fy', 'he', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: animal-communication, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289913815|animal communication (#289913815)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003316-komunikace-zivocichu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003316-komunikace-zivocichu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → —
    Uses → animal vocalization
    Topic has template → Template:Animal communication
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294055505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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