Modern Mammal Feeding
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Types of Feeding | Insectivory, Carnivory, Herbivory, Omnivory
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Insectivory | Procumbent incisors to dig; Short Digestive Tract; No caecum; Myrmecophagy with reduced dentition, peglike teeth, long tongue; Venomous saliva
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Carnivory | Strong jaws, skull, and teeth; Sharp incisors and canines; Carnassial teeth; Short digestive tract; Lack caecum; Sanguinivory with removed rostrum, small cheek teeth, groove tongue; Piscivory with teeth for grasping and holding
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Herbivory | Browsers and grazed; Gnawers; Reduced or absent canines; Broad molars; Long intestines; Rely on microorganism breakdown; Foregut and Hindgut Fermintation
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Foregut Fermintation | Herbivory; 3-4 Chambers; Ruman for fermintation; Reticulum for absorption of nutrients; Omasum for water absorption; Abomasum; Recycle urine; Can leave and chew elsewhere;
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Hindgut Fermintation | Herbivory; Large quantities of food; Better for poor quality foods
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Herbivory Specializations | Granivory; Frugivory;Nectorivory; Gumivory; Mycophagy
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Omnivores | Versatile dentition; Short digestive track; Small and short caecum
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Food Hoarding | Burying; Dens; Waterholes
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