TEMPERATURE REGULATION AND METABOLISM IN MEXICAN FREETAIL BATS.
Body temperatures of Tadarida mexicana in their natural cave environment were usually maintained at high levels, even when ambient temperatures were low. Oxygen consumption rates were correspondingly higher in low environmental temperatures. However, in laboratory tests, body temperatures and metabolic rates are fairly dependent on ambient temperature.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002685:Chiroptera; D004777:Environment; D008660:Metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012106:Research; D013696:Temperature
BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHIROPTERA; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; METABOLISM