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Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Animals at the extremes: polar biology

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Figure 19
Figure 19 The mass of superficial and intra-abdominal adipose tissue in some relatively obese carnivores. There was no significant correlation between fatness and lean body mass in this sample of 44 moderately obese carnivores. To compare the arctic species with temperate-zone and tropical Carnivora, the regression lines are calculated from all the data except those from polar bears

 4.1 Insulation in terrestrial endotherms