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Reflection of radiation in the visible spectrum provides colour that has various roles, including sexual display and crypsis, i.e., camouflage. Radiation that is absorbed by a fur coat is converted to heat, a proportion of which impacts on the skin. Not all absorption occurs at the coat surface, and some radiation penetrates the coat before being absorbed, particularly in lighter coats. In studies on this phenomenon in kangaroos, we found that two arid zone species with the thinnest coats had similar effective heat load, despite markedly different solar reflectances. These kangaroos were Red Kangaroos (<jats:italic>Osphranter rufus<\/jats:italic>) and Western Grey Kangaroos (<jats:italic>Macropus fuliginosus<\/jats:italic>).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Here we examine the connections between heat flow patterns associated with solar radiation, and the physical structure of these coats. Also noted are the impacts of changing wind speed. The modulation of solar radiation and resultant heat flows in these coats were measured at wind speeds from 1 to 10\u00a0m\u00a0s<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup> by mounting them on a heat flux transducer\/temperature-controlled plate apparatus in a wind tunnel. A lamp with a spectrum like solar radiation was used as a proxy for the sun. The integrated reflectance across the solar spectrum was higher in the red kangaroos (40\u2009\u00b1\u20092%) than in the grey kangaroos (28\u2009\u00b1\u20091%). Fur depth and insulation were not different between the two species, but differences occurred in fibre structure, notably in fibre length, fibre density and fibre shape. Patterns of heat flux within the species\u2019 coats occurred despite no overall difference in effective solar heat load. 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