
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morrison, PR 
T1  - Body Temperatures in Some Australian Mammals II.Peramelidae
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1962
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
SP  - 386
EP  - 394
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9620386 
N2  - 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. 
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