Comparative physiology of Australian echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
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Open access
Authors
Barker, Justine Megan
Date
2016Supervisor
Dr Christine Cooper
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Science and Engineering
School
Department of Environment and Agriculture
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Abstract
The short-beaked echidna has a combination of ancestral and derived physiological traits. Its physiology is less primitive than previously thought, with many aspects being typically mammalian, including a previously unrecognised capacity for evaporative heat loss. Echidnas have considerable metabolic, thermal and hygric plasticity to accommodate daily, seasonal and geographical environmental demands and there are significant differences in the physiology of the two most distinct sub-species.
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