Hindgut fermentation

<p>Hindgut fermentation is a digestive process seen in <a href="/facts/Monogastric/fnEIlVmf">monogastric</a> <a href="/facts/Herbivore/me4YFdQA">herbivores</a> (animals with a simple, single-chambered <a href="/facts/Stomach/Q4PPDGT6">stomach</a>).   <a href="/facts/Cellulose/wYPafTU0">Cellulose</a> is digested with the aid of <a href="/facts/Symbiosis/MrBArRGa">symbiotic</a> microbes including <a href="/facts/Bacteria/wC8xSCsU">bacteria</a>, <a href="/facts/Archaea/Adxh0aHw">archaea</a>, and <a href="/facts/Eukaryotes/SkwyPLMA">eukaryotes</a>. The <a href="/facts/Microbial/pysJYcE2">microbial</a> <a href="/facts/Fermentation_(biochemistry)/rxaDr28b">fermentation</a> occurs in the digestive organs that follow the <a href="/facts/Small_intestine/1AQ8RJ4m">small intestine</a>: the <a href="/facts/Cecum/SysL1JXX">cecum</a> and <a href="/facts/Large_intestine/vQtlNBv9">large intestine</a>.  Examples of <a href="/facts/Hindgut/6xLpD3Lg">hindgut</a> fermenters include <a href="/facts/Proboscidea/Dzk4qsH0">proboscideans</a> and large <a href="/facts/Odd-toed_ungulate/wHFU3gFH">odd-toed ungulates</a> such as <a href="/facts/Horses/uQ3FA0Ak">horses</a> and <a href="/facts/Rhino/XPdqh7JF">rhinos</a>, as well as small animals such as <a href="/facts/Rodent/mT4m8QJq">rodents</a>, <a href="/facts/Rabbits/8jQGWcQD">rabbits</a> and <a href="/facts/Koala/1R4P7mxh">koalas</a>.
</p><p>In contrast, <a href="/facts/Foregut_fermentation/47P0tbvn">foregut fermentation</a> is the form of cellulose digestion seen in <a href="/facts/Ruminant/tTcBMxk4">ruminants</a> such as <a href="/facts/Cattle/44qV9B6S">cattle</a> which have a four-chambered stomach, as well as in <a href="/facts/Sloth/r97Q11Ls">sloths</a>, <a href="/facts/Macropodid/qVK4RT09">macropodids</a>, some <a href="/facts/Monkey/ARjd5RRr">monkeys</a>, and one bird, the <a href="/facts/Hoatzin/KRE4yR2b">hoatzin</a>.
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Hindgut fermentation