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AMBIENT TEMP. *'C. 



Figure 9. Body temperatures of normally active Citellus leucurus . The vertical 



lines indicate the range; the horizontal lines indicate the mean (M); the rectangles 



indicate the interval M + 2s toM-2s . The temperature below each vertical 

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hne IS the ambient temperature. 



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