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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS: Squirrel  (flying squirrel, ground squirrel listed separately)


Eastern gray squirrel
Eastern gray squirrel (photo by Dr. Keith Puckett)

Table 7-5b
  (CD Table 8.6b)
Disaccharidase activity in eutherian mammals
Enzymatic activity is designated as + (present), trace or 0 (absent). Results in brackets indicate use of and alternate substrate. All data from adult specimens. (from Vonk and Western 1984 plus perissodactyla data from Roberts 1975)