Fig. 4. The relationship between solar heat gain (SHG) and coat thermal resistance
(rc, of depressed fur; measured at a wind speed of 1 m
s-1) of six ground squirrel species (circles; round-tailed, rock,
two antelope and two golden-mantled ground squirrels; data from Walsberg,
1988a,b,
1990;
Walsberg and Schmidt, 1989)
and for the numbat (asterisk; N=3). The regression line for ground
squirrels is y=0.36x+64.3
(r2=0.97), with 95% confidence limits for predicting a
further point.