Tree Shrews: Unique Reproductive Mechanism of Systematic Importance

作者: R. D. Martin

DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.152.3727.1402

关键词: Tree (set theory)ZoologyTupaiaOffspringMechanism (biology)Biological evolutionEcologyNestReproductionBiology

摘要: Tupaia offspring are maintained in a separate nest constructed by the male parent and suckled female only once every 48 hours. The young nevertheless able to maintain constant external body temperature of 37 degrees C.

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