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J Exp Biol (2024) 227 (1): jeb246301.
Published: 11 January 2024
...Christine E. Cooper; Philip C. Withers ABSTRACT We used thermal imagining and heat balance modelling to examine the thermal ecology of wild mammals, using the diurnal marsupial numbat ( Myrmecobius fasciatus ) as a model. Body surface temperature was measured using infra-red thermography...
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J Exp Biol (2003) 206 (16): 2771–2777.
Published: 15 August 2003
...C. E. Cooper; G. E. Walsberg; P. C. Withers SUMMARY Numbats are unusual marsupials in being exclusively diurnal and termitivorous. They have a sparse (1921 hairs cm -2 ) and shallow(1.19 mm) pelt compared with other marsupials. Coat reflectivity is low (19%)for numbats compared with nocturnal...