“…Coat reflectivity of the numbat, measured for the mid dorsal region (19%, on average, for red and black-and-white sections of depressed pelts), was less than that measured for other marsupials (20.1-57%; Dawson and Brown, 1970;Dawson and Degabriele, 1973). Coat absorptivity (71.7% on average) is within the wide range of 18-85% measured for placental mammals (Walsberg, 1988a(Walsberg, ,b, 1990(Walsberg, , 1991Hofmeyr and Louw, 1987;Walsberg and Schmidt; and is consistent with that of several ground squirrel species (67-81%; Walsberg 1988aWalsberg ,b, 1990Walsberg and Schmidt, 1989).…”