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Thermoregulation and heterothermy in some of the smaller flying foxes (Megachiroptera) of New Guinea
Body temperature, heterothermy, oxygen consumption, heart rate, and evaporative water loss were studied in four species of flying foxes (Megachiroptera), Dobsonia minor, Nyctimene major, Nyctimene albiventer , and Paranyctimene raptor , from the vicinity of Madang on the north coast of New Guinea.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/47105/1/359_2004_Article_BF00297716.pd