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They expel soft, mucus-covered pellets that are then reingested (coprophagy).
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They exhibitcoprophagyand eat soft fecal pellets to obtain maximum nutrients; hard fecal pellets are transferred to fecal chambers located within the burrow system.
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They are herbivores but have been seen to practicecoprophagy.
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There are many kinds of invertebrates, vertebrates and plants that carry outcoprophagy.
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Coprophagy, the consumption of fecal material, is a common behaviour amongst rabbits and hares.
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It also practicescoprophagy, eating its own fecal pellets.
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A habit that marsh rabbits share in common with cottontail rabbits is the practice of reingestion, known ascoprophagy.
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