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    Temperature regulation in the hyrax

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    Date
    1969
    Author
    Taylor, CR
    Sale, JB
    Type
    Article; en
    Language
    en
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    Abstract
    1. Th hyrax are medium-sized African mammals (2–3 kg) which look like large rodents but possess taxonomic affinities with the elephant. Their behavior suggest that basking in the sun plays an important role in the regulation of their body temperature. 2. We found that in the laboratory four different species of hyrax maintained their rectal temperature within the normal mammalian range at air temperatures between 4 and 40°C. 3. In the cold hyrax increased their oxygen consumption, and in the heat they panted, salivated and groomed. 4. Thus they do possess the usual physiological mechanisms for regulating their temperature, but we do not rule out the possibility that in nature they exhibit a nightly hypothermia and bask in the sun to warm.
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    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0010406X6991799X
    http://hdl.handle.net/11295/91326
    Citation
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Volume 31, Issue 6, 15 December 1969, Pages 903–907
    Publisher
    University of Nairobi
    Subject
    Temperature regulation; hyrax; Procavia johnstoni; Procavia habessinica; Heterohyrax brucei; Procavia capensis; hypothermia; sun bathing
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