Climatechangeisimpactingmammalsbothdirectly(forexample, throughincreasedheat) andindirectly(forexample, throughalteredfoodresources). Understandingthephysiologicalandbehaviouralresponsesofmammalsinalreadyhotanddryenvironmentstofluctuationsintheclimateandfoodavailabilityallowsforabetterunderstandingofhowtheywillcopewitharapidlychangingclimate. WemeasuredthebodytemperatureofsevenTemminck'spangolins( Smutsiatemminckii) inthesemi-aridKalahariforperiodsofbetween4monthsand2years. Pangolinsregulatedbodytemperaturewithinanarrowrange( 34-36. C) overthe24-hcyclewhenfood(andhencewater, obtainedfromtheirprey) wasabundant. Whenfoodresourceswerescarce, bodytemperaturewasregulatedlessprecisely, 24-hminimumbodytemperatureswerelowerandthepangolinsbecamemorediurnallyactive, particularlyduringwinterwhenpreywasleastavailable. Theshifttowarddiurnalactivityexposedpangolinstohigherenvironmentalheatloads, resultinginhigher24-hmaximumbodytemperatures. Biologgingofbodytemperaturetodetectheterothermy, orestimatingfoodabundance(usingpitfalltrappingtomonitorantandtermiteavailability), thereforeprovidetoolstoassessthewelfareofthiselusivebutthreatenedmammal. Althoughthephysiologicalandbehaviouralresponsesofpangolinsbufferedthemagainstfoodscarcityduringourstudy, whetherthisflexibilitywillbesufficienttoallowthemtocopewithfurtherreductionsinfoodavailabilitylikelywithclimatechangeisunknown.