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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Ecological correlates of caudal fat storage in small mammals.

S. R. Morton

Australian Mammalogy 3(2) 81 - 86
Published: 1980

Abstract

Caudal fat storage appears to occur in two distinct groups of small mammals. In one, diet is variable but extended torpor is characteristic; the second group consists of desert-dwelling insectivores.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AM80009

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