
%0 Journal Article
%A Morrison, PR 
%T Body Temperatures in Some Australian Mammals II.Peramelidae
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1962/06/01
%V 15
%N 2
%P 386-394
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9620386
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9620386 
%X Body temperature measurements on the short-nosed bandicoot (Thylacis obeaulus) have shown a nocturnal cycle with a range of 1· 2°C and a short active phase at 2200-0400 hr. The bilby or rabbit bandicoot (Macrotis lagoti8) had a sharply defined temperature cycle, with a range of almost 3°C after several months of captivity, during which the day-time resting temperature was progressively lowered from 36· 4 to 34· 2°C. Forced activity raised the diurnal temperature substantially but not to the nocturnal level. Forced activity did not raise the nocturnal level which was similar in the two species (37' O°C). Both species could regulate effectively at an ambient temperature of 5°C, but only Thylaci8 showed regulation at ambient temperatures of between 30 and 40°C. 
