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kkinney

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Posted: Sep 4 2007, 12:53 AM
Hi- I'm a biology professor at DePauw university in Greencastle, IN, USA. I am trying to do a lecture on mammalian size an allometry, and decided to use rhinos rather than the standard elephant. I am looking around for several key vital stats:

Resting heart rate in an adult
Respiration rate
Resting metabolic rate (or, failing that, a good description of caloric needs per day)
Normal body temperature

I am scanning around for these, but, as usual, left this until near crunch time, so thought I'd ask you all directly- any answers deeply appreciated!

Kevin Kinney
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Willem

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Posted: Sep 5 2007, 03:25 PM
Kevin,

I found the following notes that might answer your questions:

heart rate

respiration rate

Body temperature

Most references are about immobilizing rhinos but some usefull numbers can be found.

you can try your own searches by using this
notes form

hope this helped!

Willem

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