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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF
VERTEBRATES
MAMMALS: Masked shrew
(elephant shrew, tree shrew listed separately)
Masked shrew (photo by Chris Crondahl) < go to CD
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)