- A
poikilotherm (/ˈpɔɪkələˌθɜːrm, pɔɪˈkɪləˌθɜːrm/) is an
animal (Gr****
poikilos – 'various', 'spotted', and
therme – 'heat')
whose internal temperature...
- warm-blooded
animal species. Homeothermy's
opposite is poikilothermy. A
poikilotherm is an
organism that does not
maintain a
fixed internal temperature but...
-
temperature can be
calculated by
comparing the
maximum body size of
poikilotherm animals found in two localities.
Based on the
relation between temperatures...
-
temperature of a honeybee's
thorax can
exceed 45 °C
while in flight.
Mesotherm Poikilotherm Hut, RA; Barnes, BM; Daan, S (Jan 2002). "Body
temperature patterns before...
-
panting (many
mammals and all birds)—mechanisms
generally absent in
poikilotherms. It has been
hypothesized that warm-bloodedness
evolved in
mammals and...
- mosquito, and even
polar bears near the ocean.
Tundra is
largely devoid of
poikilotherms such as
frogs or lizards. Due to the
harsh climate of
Arctic tundra...
- mole-rat
produces little metabolic heat, so it is
considered an
operational poikilotherm.
Birds are also endothermic, so
endothermy is not
unique to mammals....
-
extinction was
selective for
endotherms and
mesotherms relative to
poikilotherms,
implying causation by a
decreased food
supply and thus
consistent with...
-
better resolve this question.[citation needed]
Heterothermy Gigantothermy Poikilotherm Argentine black and
white tegu § Endothermic
behavior Grady; et al. (2014)...
- gigantothermy. Therefore, the
great white shark can be
considered an
endothermic poikilotherm or
mesotherm because its body
temperature is not
constant but is internally...
