Title |
Torpor on Demand: Heterothermy in the Non-Lemur Primate Galago moholi
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2010
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0010797 |
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Authors |
Julia Nowack, Nomakwezi Mzilikazi, Kathrin H. Dausmann |
Abstract |
Hibernation and daily torpor are energy- and water-saving adaptations employed to survive unfavourable periods mostly in temperate and arctic environments, but also in tropical and arid climates. Heterothermy has been found in a number of mammalian orders, but within the primates so far it seems to be restricted to one family of Malagasy lemurs. As currently there is no evidence of heterothermy of a primate outside of Madagascar, the aim of our study was to investigate whether small primates from mainland Africa are indeed always homeothermic despite pronounced seasonal changes in weather and food availability. |
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