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warm-blooded
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- Subclass of
- thermoregulation
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- has characteristic
- homeothermy
- opposite of
- poikilotherm
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- Terminology
- Varieties of thermoregulation
- Heat generation
- Defense against fungi
- See also
- References
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thumb|Thermographic image: a snake is shown eating a warm-blooded mouse
Warm-blooded is a term referring to animal species whose bodies maintain a temperature higher than that of their environment. In particular, homeothermic species (including birds and mammals) maintain a stable body temperature by regulating metabolic processes. Other species have various degrees of thermoregulation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “warm-blooded” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.