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Periodicity of Refection in the Wild Rabbit
- Source :
- Nature. 149:553-554
- Publication Year :
- 1942
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1942.
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Abstract
- SINCE my previous communication on this subject1various fresh data have thrown new light on the coprophagy or refection rhythm in wild rabbits. Taylor2 reported, that of a number of wild rabbits shot and examined for the presence in the stomach of soft faecal pellets such as are re-ingested immediately, those shot in the evening contained such pellets ; those shot in the morning did not. He suggested, therefore, that the rhythm in wild rabbits was the reverse of that found in domestic rabbits ; the resting period of the former being during the day, naturally this would be the time when soft or 'night' pellets are produced and swallowed.
Details
- ISSN :
- 14764687 and 00280836
- Volume :
- 149
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8f4dae02bf789cc55504e43e4b372495
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/149553b0