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Thermoregulation: the strategy through which the body maintains its internal temperature.
Endotherm: an animal that generates most of its heat internally.
Ectotherm: an animal that relies on environmental heat sources.
Mesotherm: an animal with an intermediate heat generating strategy.
Poikilotherm: an animal whose internal temperature varies considerably.
Heterotherm: an animal that sometimes keeps its body temperature the same and sometimes lets it vary.
Homeotherm: an animal whose internal temperature does not change much.
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