TY  - JOUR
TT  - Caecal Fermentation in Hare and Coypu
AU  - Demirbaş, Yasin
AU  - İliker, Ayşegül
PY  - 2012
DA  - February
JF  - Turkish Journal of Scientific Reviews
JO  - Turk.Bilimsel Derleme Derg.
PB  - Anatolia Bilim Akademisi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-0132
SP  - 103
EP  - 105
IS  - 1
KW  - Anahtar Kelimeler: Yaban tavşanı
KW  - sumaymunu
KW  - çekal fermantasyon
KW  - kaprofaji
N2  - Wildlife organisms have some necessary physiological properties and ecological niches in order to survive in nature. These physiological characteristics provide the appearance of available niches of these organisms. Ecological niches of each species which determines the way of organism’s life and provides the presence of its life in the ecosystem are the basic responsibilities. Hare that are exposed to strong predation pressure has a specialized digestive system. Re-ingestion of products of high nutritional value that occurs as a result of fermentation in advanced caecum (coprophagy = caecotrophy) has determined the current ecological niches of hare. Thanks to this feature, the hare displays broad ecological and geographical spread. Another caecal fermenter that has almost the same digestive system with the hare is the coypu. Coypu is the biggest rodent which makes coprophagy among the herbivors in Turkey. In addition, coypu is a semi-aquatic animal and its natural spread is limited
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/derleme/issue//389099
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/417702
ER  -