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<title>Animal hearing frequency range</title>
<desc>Lin-log graph of the hearing ranges of some animals by CMG Lee based on data at http://vanderbilt.edu/exploration/text/index.php?action=view_section&amp;id=1395 and http://lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html (RR Fay. 1988. Hearing in Vertebrates: a Psychophysics Databook. Hill-Fay Associates, Winnetka IL; D Warfield. 1973. The study of hearing in animals. In: W Gay, ed., Methods of Animal Experimentation, IV. Academic Press, London, pp 43-143; RR Fay and AN Popper, eds. 1994. Comparative Hearing: animals. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research Series. Springer-Verlag, NY; CD West. 1985. The relationship of the spiral turns of the cochela and the length of the basilar membrane to the range of audible frequencies in ground dwelling animals. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America 77:1091-1101; EA Lipman and JR Grassi. 1942. Comparative auditory sensitivity of man and dog. Amer J Psychol 55:84-89; HE Heffner. 1983. Hearing in large and small dogs: Absolute thresholds and size of the tympanic membrane. Behav Neurosci 97:310-318).</desc>
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Tuna</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">50 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">1.1 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(4.5 8va)</text>
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Chicken</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">125 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">2 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(4.0 8va)</text>
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Goldfish</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">20 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">3 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(7.2 8va)</text>
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<g transform="translate(0,70)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Bullfrog</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">100 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">3 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(4.9 8va)</text>
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Catfish</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">50 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">4 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(6.3 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 169,0 H 360" stroke="#0066ff"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,110)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Tree frog</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">50 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">4 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(6.3 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 169,0 H 360" stroke="#009900"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,130)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Canary</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">250 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">8 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(5.0 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 239,0 H 390" stroke="#666666"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,150)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Cockatiel</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">250 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">8 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(5.0 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 239,0 H 390" stroke="#666666"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,170)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Parakeet</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">200 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">8.5 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(5.4 8va)</text>
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<g transform="translate(0,190)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Elephant</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">17 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">10.5 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(9.3 8va)</text>
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Owl</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">200 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">12 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(5.9 8va)</text>
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Human</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">31 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">19 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(9.3 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 149,0 H 427" stroke="#cc00cc"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,250)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Chinchilla</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">52 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">33 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(9.3 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 171,0 H 451" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,270)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Horse</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">55 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">33.5 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(9.3 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 174,0 H 452" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,290)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Cow</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">23 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">35 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(10.6 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 136,0 H 454" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,310)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Raccoon</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">100 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">40 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(8.6 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 200,0 H 460" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,330)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Sheep</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">125 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">42.5 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(8.4 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 209,0 H 462" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,350)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Dog</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">64 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">44 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(9.4 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 180,0 H 464" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,370)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Ferret</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">16 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">44 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(11.4 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 120,0 H 464" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,390)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Hedgehog</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">250 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">45 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(7.5 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 239,0 H 465" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,410)">
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<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Guinea pig</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">47 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">49 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(10.0 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 167,0 H 469" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,430)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Rabbit</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">96 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">49 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(9.0 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 198,0 H 469" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,450)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Sea lion</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">200 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">50 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(8.0 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 230,0 H 469" stroke="#996600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,470)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Gerbil</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">56 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">60 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(10.1 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 174,0 H 477" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,490)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Opossum</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">500 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">64 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(7.0 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 269,0 H 480" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,510)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Albino rat</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">390 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">72 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(7.5 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 259,0 H 485" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,530)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Hooded rat</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">530 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">75 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(7.1 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 272,0 H 487" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,550)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Cat</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">55 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">77 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(10.5 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 174,0 H 488" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,570)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Mouse</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">900 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">79 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(6.4 8va)</text>
</g>
<path d="M 295,0 H 489" stroke="#ff6600"/>
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<g transform="translate(0,590)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Little brown bat</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">10.3 kHz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">115 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(3.5 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 401,0 H 506" stroke="#ff6600"/>
</g>
<g transform="translate(0,610)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Beluga whale</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">1 kHz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">123 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(6.9 8va)</text>
</g>
<path d="M 300,0 H 508" stroke="#996600"/>
</g>
<g transform="translate(0,630)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Bottlenose dolphin</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">150 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">150 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(10.0 8va)</text>
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<path d="M 217,0 H 517" stroke="#996600"/>
</g>
<g transform="translate(0,650)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">Porpoise</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">75 Hz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">150 kHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(11.0 8va)</text>
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<!-- Please retain this and other comments, which contain Python code to generate this SVG. """
# Store output as a group with id="main" in string array "outs"
import re
import math
def ceil(x): return int(math.ceil(x))
def floor(x): return int(math.floor(x))
def lg(x): return math.log10(x)
def hz2x(hz): return decade_width * lg(hz)
def prefix(x): # assume x is a positive integer
i_prefix = floor(lg(x) / 3)
x_reduced = ('''%f''' % (x / 1000.0 ** i_prefix)).rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
return '''%s %s''' % (x_reduced, si_prefixes[i_prefix])
decade_width = 100
row_height = 20
animals = (
{'label':'cow' ,'lo': 23, 'hi': 35000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'cat' ,'lo': 55, 'hi': 77000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'guinea pig' ,'lo': 47, 'hi': 49000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'horse' ,'lo': 55, 'hi': 33500,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'human' ,'lo': 31, 'hi': 19000,'colour':'#cc00cc'},
{'label':'dog' ,'lo': 64, 'hi': 44000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'sheep' ,'lo': 125, 'hi': 42500,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'gerbil' ,'lo': 56, 'hi': 60000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'albino rat' ,'lo': 390, 'hi': 72000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'hooded rat' ,'lo': 530, 'hi': 75000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'rabbit' ,'lo': 96, 'hi': 49000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'mouse' ,'lo': 900, 'hi': 79000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'little brown bat' ,'lo':10300, 'hi':115000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'chinchilla' ,'lo': 52, 'hi': 33000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'elephant' ,'lo': 17, 'hi': 10500,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'sea lion' ,'lo': 200, 'hi': 50000,'colour':'#996600'},
{'label':'bottlenose dolphin','lo': 150, 'hi':150000,'colour':'#996600'},
#{'label':'human' ,'lo': 64, 'hi': 23000,'colour':'#cc00cc'},
#{'label':'dog' ,'lo': 67, 'hi': 45000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'cat' ,'lo': 45, 'hi': 64000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'cow' ,'lo': 23, 'hi': 35000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'horse' ,'lo': 55, 'hi': 33500,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'sheep' ,'lo': 100, 'hi': 30000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'rabbit' ,'lo': 360, 'hi': 42000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'rat' ,'lo': 200, 'hi': 76000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'mouse' ,'lo': 1000, 'hi': 91000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'gerbil' ,'lo': 100, 'hi': 60000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'guinea pig' ,'lo': 54, 'hi': 50000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'hedgehog' ,'lo': 250, 'hi': 45000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'raccoon' ,'lo': 100, 'hi': 40000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'ferret' ,'lo': 16, 'hi': 44000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'opossum' ,'lo': 500, 'hi': 64000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'chinchilla' ,'lo': 90, 'hi': 22800,'colour':'#ff6600'},
#{'label':'bat' ,'lo': 2000, 'hi':110000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'beluga whale' ,'lo': 1000, 'hi':123000,'colour':'#996600'},
#{'label':'elephant' ,'lo': 16, 'hi': 12000,'colour':'#ff6600'},
{'label':'porpoise' ,'lo': 75, 'hi':150000,'colour':'#996600'},
{'label':'goldfish' ,'lo': 20, 'hi': 3000,'colour':'#0066ff'},
{'label':'catfish' ,'lo': 50, 'hi': 4000,'colour':'#0066ff'},
{'label':'tuna' ,'lo': 50, 'hi': 1100,'colour':'#0066ff'},
{'label':'bullfrog' ,'lo': 100, 'hi': 3000,'colour':'#009900'},
{'label':'tree frog' ,'lo': 50, 'hi': 4000,'colour':'#009900'},
{'label':'canary' ,'lo': 250, 'hi': 8000,'colour':'#666666'},
{'label':'parakeet' ,'lo': 200, 'hi': 8500,'colour':'#666666'},
{'label':'cockatiel' ,'lo': 250, 'hi': 8000,'colour':'#666666'},
{'label':'owl' ,'lo': 200, 'hi': 12000,'colour':'#666666'},
{'label':'chicken' ,'lo': 125, 'hi': 2000,'colour':'#666666'},
)
n_animal = len(animals)
si_prefixes = ['', 'k', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P', 'E', 'Z', 'Y']
notes = ['a', 'a#', 'b', 'c', 'c#', 'd', 'd#', 'e', 'f', 'f#', 'g', 'g#']
outs = []
out_graphs = []
out_linloglines = []
out_linloglabels = []
out_notelines = []
out_notelabels = []
for animal in animals:
animal['n_octave'] = math.log(animal['hi'] / animal['lo'], 2)
# Graphs
y = row_height / -2
x_lo_min = 9999
x_hi_max = -9999
for animal in sorted(animals, key=lambda x: (x['hi'], x['colour']), reverse=False):
label = animal['label']
lo = animal['lo']
hi = animal['hi']
colour = animal['colour']
n_octave = animal['n_octave']
x_lo = hz2x(lo)
x_hi = hz2x(hi)
y += row_height
if (x_lo_min > x_lo): x_lo_min = x_lo
if (x_hi_max < x_hi): x_hi_max = x_hi
print '%s:%d-%d' % (label, lo, hi)
out_graphs.append('''
<g transform="translate(0,%d)">
<g transform="translate(98,0) scale(0.85,1)">
<text x="-440" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start" letter-spacing="-1">%s</text>
<text x="-173" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">%sHz-</text>
<text x="-175" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="start">%sHz</text>
<text x="0" y="0.6ex" text-anchor="end">(%.1f 8va)</text>
</g>
<path d="M %d,0 H %d" stroke="%s"/>
</g>''' % (y, label.capitalize(), prefix(lo), prefix(hi), n_octave, x_lo, x_hi, colour))
# Grid
exp_min = floor(x_lo_min / decade_width)
exp_max = ceil (x_hi_max / decade_width)
a4_hz = 440
lg_a4_hz = lg(a4_hz)
semitone = 2 ** (1.0 / 12)
lg_semitone = lg(semitone)
for i_note in range(ceil((exp_min - lg_a4_hz) / lg_semitone), floor((exp_max - lg_a4_hz) / lg_semitone) + 3):
hz = a4_hz * semitone ** i_note
basenote = notes[i_note % 12]
octave = floor((i_note + 9) / 12) + 4
x_note = hz2x(hz)
#if (len(basenote) < 2):
if (basenote is 'c'):
out_notelines.append(''' M %d,9 V %d''' % (x_note, row_height * n_animal + 3))
out_notelabels.append('''
<text x="%d" y="%d"><tspan>%s</tspan><tspan x="%d" dy="20">%s</tspan></text>'''
% (x_note, row_height * (n_animal + 1), basenote.capitalize(), x_note, octave))
#print "%d\t%sHz\t%s%d" % (i_note, prefix(hz), basenote, octave)
for i_linloglabel in range(exp_min, exp_max + 1):
out_linloglabels.append('''
<text x="%d" y="-5">%sHz</text>''' % (i_linloglabel * decade_width, prefix(10 ** i_linloglabel)))
for i_linlogline in range(2, 10):
out_linloglines.append(''' M %d,0 V %d''' % (hz2x(i_linlogline), row_height))
# Compile main
outs.append('''
<pattern id="pattern_linlogline" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse" width="100" height="%d">
<path d="%s" stroke="#999999"/>
<rect x="0" y="0" width="100" height="%d" stroke="#666666" fill="none"/>
</pattern>
<g id="grid">
<rect x="%d" y="0" width="%d" height="%d" stroke="#666666" fill="url(#pattern_linlogline)"/>
<g fill="#000000">
%s
</g>
<g fill="#ff0000">
%s
</g>
<path d="%s" stroke="#ff0000" stroke-dasharray="2,2"/>
</g>
<g id="main" font-family="sans-serif" font-size="22" letter-spacing="-2" text-anchor="middle" stroke="none" fill="none">
<rect x="-4999" y="-4999" width="9999" height="9999" fill="#ffffff"/>
<use xlink:href="#grid"/>
<g letter-spacing="-2" stroke-width="10" fill="#000000">
%s
</g>
</g>
''' % (row_height, ''.join(out_linloglines).strip(' '), row_height,
exp_min * decade_width, (exp_max - exp_min) * decade_width, n_animal * row_height,
''.join(out_linloglabels).strip('\n'),
''.join(out_notelabels).strip('\n'), ''.join(out_notelines).strip(' '),
''.join(out_graphs).strip('\n')))
# Code to compile everything into a .svg file follows...
double_dash = '-' + '-' # because SVG comments cannot have 2 consecutive '-'s
myself = open(__file__, 'r').read() # the contents of this very file
file_out = open(re.sub(r'\..*?$', '', __file__) + '.svg', 'w') # *.* -> *.svg
try: # use try/finally so that file is closed even if write fails
file_out.write(
'''<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"><!%s
%s''' % (double_dash,
re.sub(r'(BEGIN[_]DYNAMIC_SVG.*\n?)[\s\S]*(\n.*END[_]DYNAMIC_SVG)',
r'\1%s\2' % (''.join(outs).strip('\n')),
myself))) # replace dynamic SVG block with contents of "outs"
finally:
file_out.close()
# SVG-Python near-polyglot framework by CMG Lee (Oct 2014) -->
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