Table 42.

Estimated food intake rates (adapted from Nagy, 1987 in USEPA, 1993) in g/100 g animal/day

Group	FIR (100 g animal)
Birds – passerines	19.94
Birds – non‐passerines	9.56
Seabirds	12.66
Rodents	8.33
Herbivores	16.41
Iguanid‐Herbivore	0.91
Iguanid‐Insectivore	0.45