Acknowledgements

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Figure 2a adapted from Reeve, N. (1994) Hedgehogs, illustrated by Ruth Lindsay, T. & A.D. Poyser Natural History Series;

Figure 3 adapted from Young, J. Z. (1962) The Life of Vertebrates, Oxford University Press;

Figure 5 adapted from Richardson, P. (1985) Bats, Whittet Books;

Figure 6 Adapted from Schmidt-Nielson (1975), Animal Physiology, Adaptation and Environment, Cambridge University Press and reprinted in Randall et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company;

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