ethogram

[ ee-thuh-gram ]

noun

, Ethology.

1. a pictorial inventory of the repertoire of behavior patterns shown by the members of a species.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ethogram¹

1965–70; etho- (as combining form representing ethology ) + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

Traditionally, researchers have cataloged these behaviors in a list known as an ethogram.

From Scientific American

“We know elephants behave and communicate with each other in complex ways. But until now, we have barely scratched the surface of just how complex that behavior and communication is,” says Lucy Bates, a visiting research fellow specializing in elephant cognition at the University of Sussex in England, who was not involved in creating the ethogram.

From Scientific American

For now, the majority of entries in the Elephant Ethogram come from three locations: Maasai Mara National Reserve, or the Mara, and Amboseli National Park in Kenya and Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.

From Scientific American

The answer will likely someday be cataloged in the Elephant Ethogram.

From Scientific American

While the ethogram is primarily driven by Poole and Granli’s observations, “there are very few, if any, examples of behaviors described in the literature that we have not seen ourselves,” Poole points out.

From Scientific American