BODY TEMPERATURES IN SOME AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS. III. CETACEA (MEGAPTERA)
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- 1 August 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 123 (1) , 154-169
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1539512
Abstract
250 body temperature measurements were made on 20 humpback whales (Megaptera novae-angliae) from the east coast of Australia, by a series of dorsal-ventral insertions. Inverted temperature profiles were sometimes found indicating the presence of internal masses of cold water. Maximum values were found posteriorly near the umbilicus and the genital opening, and at a depth of 3.3 feet. The average maximum was 36.0[degree]C and there was no correlation with sex, size (33-40 feet) or time of death (0.5-18 hours).This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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