Türk Bilimsel Derlemeler Dergisi

Yazarlar: Yasin DEMİRBAŞ, Ayşegül İLİKER

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Hare,Coypu,Caecal fermentation,Coprophagy

Özet: Wildlife organisms have some necessary physiological properties and ecological niches in order to survive in nature. These physiologicalcharacteristics provide the appearance of available niches of these organisms. Ecological niches of each species which determines the way oforganism’s life and provides the presence of its life in the ecosystem are the basic responsibilities. Hare that are exposed to strong predation pressurehas a specialized digestive system. Re-ingestion of products of high nutritional value that occurs as a result of fermentation in advanced caecum(coprophagy = caecotrophy) has determined the current ecological niches of hare. Thanks to this feature, the hare displays broad ecological andgeographical spread. Another caecal fermenter that has almost the same digestive system with the hare is the coypu. Coypu is the biggest rodentwhich makes coprophagy among the herbivors in Turkey. In addition, coypu is a semi-aquatic animal and its natural spread is limited.

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