Stoner, C. J.; Caro, T. M.; Graham, C. M. - In: Behavioral Ecology 14 (2003) 6, pp. 823-840
hypotheses suggesting even-toed ungulates turn lighter in winter to aid in concealment or perhaps thermoregulation, striped coats … countershading aids concealment, that white faces are a thermoregulatory device, and that white rumps are used in intraspecific …, that side bands are disruptive coloration devices, or that white rumps help in thermoregulation. Concealment appears the …