Question

Give an example of a heterothermal animal.

Answer 1

animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.

(e.g. bats and hummingbirds)

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Answer 2

More often than not, it is used as a way to dissociate the fluctuating metabolic rates seen in some small mammals and birds (e.g. bats and hummingbirds), from those of traditional cold blooded animals. In many bat species, body temperature and metabolic rate are elevated only during activity.