Fig. 3. Solar heat gain (SHG) at the level of the skin (% irradiance; solid symbols) and solar absorption efficiency (SAE; % of non-reflected radiation that acts as SHG at the level of the skin; open symbols) for numbats (N=3; means ± S.E.M. of anterior and posterior sections of pelt) for both erect (circles) and depressed (triangles) pelts at varying wind speeds. There was a significant effect of wind speed (P<0.05) on both SHG and SAE.