In well-insulated tree holes, which lemur keeps a fairly constant body temperature during hibernation?
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Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
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In well-insulated tree holes, which lemur keeps a fairly constant body temperature during hibernation?
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Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
Which prairie dog is listed as a facultative hibernator in contrast with the white-tailed species?
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Black-tailed prairie dog
What heat-producing tissue is especially associated with newborn and hibernating mammals?
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Brown adipose tissue
Which dormouse is also called the fat dormouse and may hibernate in low-food years for over 11 months?
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Edible dormouse
What hardened mass forms in an American black bear's colon during hibernation?
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Fecal plug
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Which prairie dog is listed as a facultative hibernator in contrast with the white-tailed species?
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Black-tailed prairie dog
What heat-producing tissue is especially associated with newborn and hibernating mammals?
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Brown adipose tissue
Which bear is now described on Wikipedia as a highly efficient hibernator?
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American black bear
Which type of hibernator hibernates only when cold-stressed, food-deprived, or both?
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Facultative hibernator
Which type of hibernator enters hibernation annually regardless of food or temperature?
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Obligate hibernator
Which egg-laying mammal enters hibernation during the Australian winter?
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Short-beaked echidna
Which prairie dog is listed on Wikipedia as an obligate hibernator?
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white-tailed prairie dog
Alaska marmots wake every three or four weeks during hibernation mainly to do what?
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urinate and defecate