Foregut fermentation

Foregut fermentation is a form of digestion that occurs in the foregut of some animals such as the hamster rat, langur monkey, and the hippopotamus.^[1] It has evolved independently in several groups of mammals, and also in the hoatzin, a bird species.

Foregut fermentation is employed by ruminants and pseudoruminants, some rodents and some marsupials.^[2] It has also evolved in colobine monkeys and in sloths.^[3]

See also

• Ruminant foregut fermentation
• Hindgut fermentation
• Enteric fermentation

References

1. Dehority, Burk A. (1997), Mackie, Roderick I.; White, Bryan A. (eds.), "Foregut Fermentation", Gastrointestinal Microbiology: Volume 1 Gastrointestinal Ecosystems and Fermentations, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 39–83, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-4111-0_3, ISBN 978-1-4615-4111-0, retrieved 2024-09-15
2. Munn, Adam J.; Snelling, Edward P.; Taggart, David A.; Clauss, Marcus (2022). "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. 264. Elsevier BV: 111100. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111100. hdl:2263/82855. ISSN 1095-6433.
3. "Foregut fermentation in mammals". Map of Life. 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2010-11-11.