. The Ecology of arboreal folivores : a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 . Figure 1. Lepilemur leucopus on a Didiereaceae {Alluaudia ascendens) from which the leaves can be used as a staple food. The hemicelluloses are slowly hydrolyzed afterwards and absorbed in the colon where the ratio of hemi- celluloses to lignocellulose is progressively reduced. A large part of the food decomposed in the cecum passes quickly and forms "feces" that could be com- pared to the "caecotrophes" of the
. The Ecology of arboreal folivores : a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 . Figure 1. Lepilemur leucopus on a Didiereaceae {Alluaudia ascendens) from which the leaves can be used as a staple food. The hemicelluloses are slowly hydrolyzed afterwards and absorbed in the colon where the ratio of hemi- celluloses to lignocellulose is progressively reduced. A large part of the food decomposed in the cecum passes quickly and forms "feces" that could be com- pared to the "caecotrophes" of the rabbit, contain- ing a high proportion of protein. These particular feces are eaten and pass a second time through the small gut, where absorption of the soluble compo- nents resulting from bacterial fermentation occurs. The feces reingested by the sportive lemur have no special shape characteristics, as in the case of the 374 CM. Hladik
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