Metabolic, ventilatory, and hygric physiology of a South American marsupial, the long-furred woolly mouse opossum

The physiology of the long-furred woolly mouse opossum (Micoureus paraguayanus) conformed to that of other marsupials. Body temperature at thermoneutrality (all values reported as mean ± SE) was 33.3°C ± 0.3°C and basal metabolic rate was 0.760 ± 0.074 ml 02 g−1 h−1. Opossums were thermolabile at lo...

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Main Authors: Cooper, Christine, Withers, P., Cruz-Neto, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20419