Eurytherm

Thermoregulation in animals

Ectotherm Endotherm Poikilotherm Homeothermy Heterothermy Stenotherm Eurytherm Thermolabile Thermostability Gigantothermy Kleptothermy Bradymetabolism Tachymetabolism Thermogenesis

A eurytherm is an organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that can function at a wide range of different body temperatures.

For example, desert pupfish can function in waters from 4º to 45ºC.^[1]

Eurytherms are contrasted to stenothermic organisms.^[2]

References

↑ Lowe, Charles H.; Wallace G. Heath (January 1969). "Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Temperature in the Desert Pupfish Cyprinodon macularius". Physiological Zoology. 42 (1): 53–59.
↑ Hill R, Wyse G, Anderson A. Animal Physiology. 2004. Sinaur Associates, Inc.

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