Australian Desert Mice: Independence of Exogenous Water
- 20 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 158 (3799) , 383-385
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.158.3799.383
Abstract
Certain Australian desert mice can survive and may gain weight on a diet of dry seed without drinking water. Urine concentrations for two of the three species studied are the highest recorded for mammals. The kidneys appear to be the major avenue of water conservation.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Aestivation in the cactus mouse, Peromyscus eremicusComparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 1965
- Water conservation in desert rodentsJournal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology, 1948