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Apodemus chevrieri is endemic to this region, but its integrated responses to water restriction remain unclear. Here, we compared control and water-stressed individuals and quantified changes in body mass, food intake, body temperature (Tb), metabolic traits, evaporative water loss (EWL), metabolic water production relative to EWL (MWP\/EWL), and visceral and digestive-tract morphology. Water restriction reduced body mass, food intake, core Tb, and metabolic rate. It also reduced small intestine mass, but increased the size of the large intestine and cecum, indicating enhanced hindgut development. EWL increased with rising ambient temperature (Ta), while MWP\/EWL decreased as Ta increased. Water deprivation shifted the Ta at the water balance point (Ta @ MWP\u00a0=\u00a0EWL) from 12.5 to 16\u00b0C. 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