Foregut fermentation explained

Foregut fermentation is a form of digestion that occurs in the foregut of some animals. It has evolved independently in several groups of mammals, and also in the hoatzin, a species of bird.

Foregut fermentation is employed by ruminants and pseudoruminants, some rodents and some marsupials.^[1] It has also evolved in colobine monkeys and in sloths.^[2]

See also

• Ruminant foregut fermentation
• Hindgut fermentation
• Enteric fermentation

Notes and References

1. Munn . Adam J. . Snelling . Edward P. . Taggart . David A. . Clauss . Marcus . Scaling at different ontogenetic stages: Gastrointestinal tract contents of a marsupial foregut fermenter, the western grey kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus melanops . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology . Elsevier BV . 264 . 2022 . 1095-6433 . 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111100 . 111100. free . 2263/82855 . free .
2. Web site: Foregut fermentation in mammals. Map of Life. 2010-07-22. 2010-11-11.