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that fossorial lifestyles could have occurred because aboveground climates were harsh. Shifts towards an underground lifestyle also entail changes in metabolism and energetics, often in a weight-dependent manner. Sub-fossorial species weighing more than 80 g have comparably lower basal rates than those weighing lower than 60 g. The average fossorial animal has a basal rate between 60% and 90%. Further observations conclude that larger

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