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The daily rhythm of body temperature in endothermic animals is the product of two different rhythms, those of heat production and heat dissipation (2). While nocturnal species exhibit a daily rhythm of body temperature with maximal body temperature (Tb) values during the scotophase, diurnal ones increase their Tb during day time with maximal values at mid-day. Such a daily rhythm ensures that during their activity time, body temperature (Tb) is high while, during the resting phase, it is kept at relatively lower values, due to a decrease in heat production. Using such a “strategy”, reduces daily energy expenditure (8).
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Haim, A., Zisapel, N. (1994). Daily Rhythms of Body Temperature in Coexisting Rodents of the Genus Acomys Acclimated to Long-Photoperiod: Effects of Ethanol and Melatonin. In: Zeisberger, E., Schönbaum, E., Lomax, P. (eds) Thermal Balance in Health and Disease. APS Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7429-8_26
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