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To test whether a mane imposes thermal costs on males, we measured core body temperature (<jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>b<\/jats:sub>) continuously for approximately 1\u00a0year in 18 free\u2010living lions. There was no difference in the 24\u2010hr maximum <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>b<\/jats:sub> of males (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a012) and females (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a06), and males had a 24\u2010hr mean <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>b<\/jats:sub> that was 0.2\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.1\u00b0C lower than females after correcting for seasonal effects. Although feeding on a particular day increased 24\u2010hr mean and 24\u2010hr maximum <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>b<\/jats:sub>, this phenomenon was true of both male and female lions, and females had higher 24\u2010hr mean and 24\u2010hr maximum <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>b<\/jats:sub> than males, on both days when lions did not feed, and on days when lions did feed. Twenty\u2010four\u2010hour <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>b<\/jats:sub> was not influenced by mane length or color, and 24\u2010hr mean <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>b<\/jats:sub> was negatively correlated with mane length. These data contradict the suggestion that there exists a thermal cost to male lions in possessing a long dark mane, but do not preclude the possibility that males compensate for a mane with increased heat loss. The increased insulation caused by a mane does not necessarily have to impair heat loss by males, which in hot environments is primarily through respiratory evaporative cooling, nor does in necessarily lead to increased heat gain, as lions are nocturnal and seek shade during the day. The mane may even act as a heat shield by increasing insulation. However, dominant male lions frequent water points more than twice as often as females, raising the possibility that male lions are increasing water uptake to facilitate increased evaporative cooling. The question of whether male lions with manes compensate for a thermal cost to the mane remains unresolved, but male lions with access to water do not have higher <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>b<\/jats:sub> than females or males with smaller manes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ece3.2556","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,20]],"date-time":"2016-12-20T22:08:00Z","timestamp":1482271680000},"page":"253-262","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Getting to the core: Internal body temperatures help reveal the ecological function and thermal implications of the lions\u2019 mane"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Paul","family":"Trethowan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Wildlife Conservation Research Unit The Recanati\u2010Kaplan Centre Department of Zoology University of Oxford  Oxford 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