Foregut fermentation is a form ofdigestion that occurs in theforegut of some animals such as thehamster rat,langur monkey, and thehippopotamus.[1] It hasevolved independently in several groups of mammals, and also in thehoatzin, a bird species.
Foregut fermentation is employed byruminants andpseudoruminants, somerodents and somemarsupials.[2] It has also evolved incolobine monkeys and insloths.[3]
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edit- ^Dehority, Burk A. (1997), Mackie, Roderick I.; White, Bryan A. (eds.),"Foregut Fermentation",Gastrointestinal Microbiology: Volume 1 Gastrointestinal Ecosystems and Fermentations, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 39–83,doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-4111-0_3,ISBN 978-1-4615-4111-0, retrieved2024-09-15
- ^Munn, Adam J.; Snelling, Edward P.; Taggart, David A.; Clauss, Marcus (2022)."Scaling at different ontogenetic stages: Gastrointestinal tract contents of a marsupial foregut fermenter, the western grey kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus melanops".Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology.264. Elsevier BV: 111100.doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111100.hdl:2263/82855.ISSN 1095-6433.
- ^"Foregut fermentation in mammals". Map of Life. 2010-07-22. Retrieved2010-11-11.
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