Question

Assertion :Coprophagy is the characteristic of mammal. Reason: Coprophagy is found in all mammals.

• A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
• B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
• C. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
• D. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Coprophagy is found in certain mammals (e.g. rabbits). This is the process by which many rodents form a special kind of faeces from the contents of the caecum and these are re ingested, so that the food passes through the digestive system second time. Rabbit is coprophagous in habit, eating its own faeces in order to get maximum amount of nutrient from its food faeces produced during night alone are eaten up which are soft and moist due to incompletely digested cellulose. Thus passing through the gut once more, the faeces are subjected once again to digestion and

absorption.

So, the correct answer is 'Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion'.