Topic
Torpor and hibernation
Surviving the season when staying awake costs more than it returns.
Animals
A concept is only useful against a specific animal. These are the ones this idea explains most directly.
- American black bearUrsus americanus
- Big brown batEptesicus fuscus
- Eastern chipmunkTamias striatus
- Eastern small-footed batMyotis leibii
- Gray batMyotis grisescens
- GroundhogMarmota monax
- Indiana batMyotis sodalis
- Little brown batMyotis lucifugus
- Meadow jumping mouseZapus hudsonius
- Northern long-eared batMyotis septentrionalis
- Painted turtleChrysemys picta
- Rufous hummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Silver-haired batLasionycteris noctivagans
- Southeastern myotisMyotis austroriparius
- Tricolored batPerimyotis subflavus
- Wood frogLithobates sylvaticus
- Woodland jumping mouseNapaeozapus insignis