1. Digestion can therefore be expected to be greater in mammalian predators, and so it has been found here. 2. Digestion of the molars by mammalian predators varies considerably. 3. The diurnal birds of prey and the mammalian predators consistently have the highest rates of mandibular and maxillary breakage. 4. The prey assemblages of the other mammalian predators have low values, probably because of the destruction of bone through chewing. 5. Most important, it is free of mammalian predators. |