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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS: Flying squirrel (ground squirrel, squirrel listed separately)


Flying squirrel
Flying squirrel  (photo by Charlene Meredith)

Mass specific metabolic rate for eutherian mammals
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)