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Science 3 June 1966:
Vol. 152. no. 3727, pp. 1402 - 1404
DOI: 10.1126/science.152.3727.1402
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Tree Shrews: Unique Reproductive Mechanism of Systematic Importance

R. D. Martin 1

1 Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen und Erling-Andechs, Germany

Tupaia offspring are maintained in a separate nest constructed by the male parent and are suckled by the female only once every 48 hours. The young are nevertheless able to maintain a constant external body temperature of 37°C.


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