3.1.1. Non-domestic species living in an arid environment
Table 1 shows that when offered water ad libitum at an environment
of 22 °C both the Grant's gazelle and the Oryx antelopes consumed the
same amount of food per unit body mass (2.31±0.10 and 2.25±0.19 kg
100 /kg body mass /day) respectively. This is despite the fact that the
Oryx were nearly five times heavier than the Grant's gazelle. Further the
Grant's gazelle were however more efficient in digesting the forage (64%