Type of animal that produces metabolic heat, but has no specific body temperature
Not to be confused with Mesoderm.
Thermoregulation in animals
Ectotherm
Endotherm
Mesotherm
Poikilotherm
Homeothermy
Heterothermy
Stenotherm
Eurytherm
Thermolabile
Thermostability
Gigantothermy
Kleptothermy
Bradymetabolism
Tachymetabolism
Thermogenesis
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A mesotherm (from Greek μέσος mesos "intermediate" and thermē "heat") is a type of animal with a thermoregulatory strategy intermediate to cold-blooded ectotherms and warm-blooded endotherms.
A mesotherm (from Greek μέσος mesos "intermediate" and thermē "heat") is a type of animal with a thermoregulatory strategy intermediate to cold-blooded...
largely, even predominantly, on heat from internal metabolic processes, and mesotherms use an intermediate strategy. As there are more than two categories of...
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...
the great white shark can be considered an endothermic poikilotherm or mesotherm because its body temperature is not constant but is internally regulated...
changes that occurred. This is consistent with evidence that it was a mesotherm. Marine mammals attained their greatest diversity during the Miocene,: 71 ...
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