Foregut fermentation is a form of digestion that occurs in the foregut of some animals such as the hamster rat, langur monkey, and the hippopotamus. It has evolved independently in several groups of mammals, and also in the hoatzin, a bird species.
Foregut fermentation is employed by ruminants and pseudoruminants, some rodents and some marsupials. It has also evolved in colobine monkeys and in sloths.
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References
- 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, retrieved 2024-09-15
- 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. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
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