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mating call is the auditory signal used by animals to attract mates. It can occur in males or females, but literature is abundantly favored toward researching mating calls in males. In addition, mating calls are often the subject of
mate choice, in which the preferences of one gender for a certain type of mating call can drive sexual selection in a species. This can result in
sympatric speciation of some animals, where two species diverge from each other while living in the same environment.