Digestive System of Vertebrates: Mammals: Hyrax

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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS: Hyrax

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Rock hyrax digestive tract

Rock hyrax (Procavia habessinica) digestive tract (Stevens & Hume 1995)

Hyrax stomach

Figure 4.8. Hyrax stomach showing the region of stratified squamous epithelium. (Modified from Stevens and Hume 1995) (CD Figure 5.8)

Table 6.8. Adaptations of digestive strategies to environment (CD Table 7.8)
Adaptations to desert, high altitude, and arctic regions

Adaptations to desert, high altitude, and arctic regions

(Stevens 1998)

Table 8.5. Short-chain fatty acids in the foregut of herbivorous birds and mammals. (CD Table 9.5)
Short chain fatty acids in the foregut of birds and mammals

Short chain fatty acids in the foregut of birds and mammals

Dashes indicate absence of information. Contributions of SCFA to maintenance energy were estimated from the rate of SCFA production by in vitro isotope dilution or measurements of digesta flow. Total maintenance energy was either calculated as twice the BMR or assumed to be equivalent to ad libitum digestible energy intake in captive, nonreproducing, adult animals. (From Stevens and Hume 1995)

Table 8.7a. (CD Table 9.7a)
Short cahin fatty acids in the hindgut of vertebrates

Short cahin fatty acids in the hindgut of vertebrates

* Absorption from cecum (or ceca) alone.
Dashes indicate absence of information. Contributions of SCFA to maintenance energy were estimated from the rate of SCFA production by in vitro isotope dilution or measurements of digesta flow. Total maintenance energy was either calculated as twice the BMR or assumed to be equivalent to ad libitum digestible energy intake in captive, nonreproducing, and adult animals. (From Stevens and Hume 1995.)