School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, China
Tupaia belangeri is a typical experimental animal model. Eighteen T. belangeri were used as experimental objects. A short-term step-by-step cooling experiment was designed. Body mass, food intake, basal metabolic rate (BMR) and blood glucose (Glu) were measured every two days. The results showed that decrease temperature gradient increased body mass, food intake, RMR and Glu of T. belangeri significantly. All of the results showed that increasing food intake, body mass and BMR were the adaptive strategies for T. belangeri to face lower temperature stress. Moreover, Glu showed a higher level with body mass gain, which played an active role in thermogenesis.