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Body temperature

Range	30-42 °C
Organism	Mammals
Reference	Amazing numbers in biology, Rainer Flindt, Springer 2006, pp. 56
Method	mean values of rectal readings.
Comments	The range shows the different values of various birds not variation for one bird. The lowest (30) is for Echidna and Hazel dormouse and the highest (42) for the Shrew. Hibernating hedgehog is 6 deg C.
Entered by	Ron Milo - Admin
ID	100925