Evidence of prolonged torpor in Goodman’s mouse lemurs at Ankafobe forest, central Madagascar

The small-bodied mouse lemurs of Madagascar ( Microcebus ) are capable of heterothermy (i.e., torpor or hibernation). The expression of these energy-saving strategies has been physiologically demonstrated in three species: M. berthae , the pygmy mouse lemur (daily torpor), M. murinus , the gray mous...

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