General Mammal Nutrition Flashcards
Herbivorous mammals
Ruminant, cattle antelope sheep goats dear etc. horses rhinos tapirs elephants rabbits and many rodents slots manatees leaf eating monkeys
Herbivore mammal diets
Use some combination of: hay pelleted feeds browse hydroponic grasses and produce
Omnivorous mammals
Pigs Fruit bats bears and most primates
Omnivore mammal diet
Manufactured feeds – general or for species specific requirements can feeds or extruded biscuits
Carnivorous mammals
Various insectivores, shrews moles most bats anteaters armadillos aardvarks egg laying mammalsCats dogs hyenas weaselsSeal groupWhale group
Carnivore mammal diet
Whole prey, meat based manufacture defeats, fish and marine invertebrates, insect diets
Large carnivores and fasting
Fasting can be used in order to get a large carnivore to eat bone to help with the dental work.