As usual you're totally missing the point and showing a complete lack of understanding of the principals of both evolutionary and sports science...
You're making assumptions for me. Obviously those temperatures are normal for them. They're higher because they're fast burst species and that, along with other traits, is what allows them to go so quickly from a standing start. I've never said or assumed that we'd be better off with a higher resting temperature as we're not a fast burst species.
My point is that it's pointless to make cross species comparisons because all species have been selected with different evolutionary pressures acting on them. Saying rabbits don't warm up so we don't have to is beyond stupid.... we're not rabbits. Rabbits have evolved as a fast burst species so will have evolved traits that favour that survival strategy. We didn't evolve as a fast burst species and therefore haven't. Rabbits wouldn't perform better with a warm-up because they don't need to but we, remember we're not rabbits, do.
Noel, fast burst prey animals don't "know" when they're going they're going to have to run but, because of millions of years locked in a predator/prey arms race, are physiologically in a state of constant readiness to exhibit their selected survival strategy ie. run like hell in a confusing zig-zag and find a hole. This isn't known or learned it's hard wired.
Trying to study the benefits of warm-ups on performance in other animals would be pretty pointless as the physiology of all animals is subtly different and applying what you find in one to another is always going to be suspect. That said, I don't know about greyhounds, but horse trainers and jockeys will always warm a race horse up before it races.
Anyway, we're getting distracted by another of CL's "Irrelevance Grenades". There have been numerous studies showing the physiological and psychological benefits of warming up for human athletic performance. Note, I'm not talking about pre-exercise stretching or injury prevention. You'd struggle to find a single one, top level coach or athlete who'd dispute this.
Come on CL, no more side stepping. One peer reviewed study published in a credible journal is all it'll take.......