Thermal, Metabolic and Hygric Physiology of the Little Red Kaluata, Daskaluta Rosamondae (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae)

The little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae) is a small, insectivorous–carnivorous dasyurid marsupial found in arid spinifex grasslands of northwestern Australia. Kalutas resemble other dasyurids in many aspects of their physiology. Body temperature (Tb; 33.5°C; 1.5°C lower than predicted), wet the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Withers, Philip, Cooper, Christine
Format: Journal Article
Published: Allen Press 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28754