THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF
VERTEBRATES
MAMMALS: Flying squirrel
(ground squirrel, squirrel listed separately)
Flying
squirrel (photo by
Charlene
Meredith)
Figure
2.1. Relationship between mass-specific metabolic rate (ml O2/g.h)
or
metabolic intensity and log of body mass for eutherian mammals ranging
from 6 g shrews to 1,300-kg elephants. Note the inverse relationship
between mass-specific metabolic rate and body mass. (From
Schmidt-Nielsen 1984). (CD Figure 3.1)