Small ruminants: Digestive capacity differences among four species weighing less than 20 kg

Abstract 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1996)15:53.3.CO;2-C Small ruminants are generally classified as either browsers or frugivores. We compared intake and digestion in one browsing species, the pudu (Pudu pudu), body weight 9 kg, and three frugivorous species, the red brocket (Mazama americana), 20 kg, the bay duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis), 12 kg, and Maxwell’s duiker (C. maxwellii), 9 kg. Rations […]