Coprophagy in the Cottontail
- 1 May 1956
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 37 (2) , 300
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1376723
Abstract
Coprophagy in the swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris paludicola) as noted by Hamilton (Jour. Mamm., 36: 303, 1955) confirms the suspicion of Watson and Taylor (Science, 121: 314, Feb. 25,1955) that some of the North American Lagomorpha would be found to indulge in the habit of reingesting their own fecal pellets. The present note, encouraged by Dr. W. J. Hamilton, Jr., lends weight to. his assumption that “coprophagy is common to many North American lagomorphs.”Keywords
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