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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF
VERTEBRATES
MAMMALS: Mouse (kangaroo mouse
listed separately)
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)
Table 7.8. (CD Table 8.11)
0, no absorption or transfer; + to +++, degrees of absorption or transfer. (from Brambell 1970)
Table 8.8. (CD Table 9.8)
