The potential interplay of posture, digestive anatomy, density of ingesta and gravity in mammalian herbivores: Why sloths do not rest upside down

Mammal Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-245

  Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a Institute of Animal Physiology Physiological Chemistry and Animal Nutrition   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digestive physiology; Herbivory; Particle density; Particle size; Resting posture

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; HERBIVORE; INGESTION RATE; MAMMAL; POSTURE;

BOVIDAE; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1942424071     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2004.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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