Editing Swamp rabbit (section)

=== Diet ===
Swamp rabbits are [[herbivorous]]; they eat a variety of [[foraging|foraged]] plants, including [[grass]]es, [[sedge]]s such as ''[[Carex]]'',<ref name="Twycrosszoo" /> [[shrub]]s, [[tree bark]] [[seedling]]s, and twigs.<ref name="ADW" /> Though mostly nocturnal, the swamp rabbit may emerge during rain showers to feed during the day.<ref name="Reed-2008" /> The preferred foods of ''S.&nbsp;aquaticus'' are savannah panicgrass (''[[Panicum]] gymnocarpum''), false nettle (''[[Boehmeria cylindrica]]''), dewberry (''[[Rubus trivialis]]'') and greenbrier (''[[Smilax bona-nox]]'').<ref name="ADW" />

Like all [[lagomorpha|lagomorphs]] (rabbits, hares, and [[Pika|pikas]]), the swamp rabbit performs [[cecotrope|cecotrophy]] to get more nutrition from its food.<ref name="ADW" /> In this process, food passes through the digestive tract twice, as the swamp rabbit will immediately consume moist pellets expelled from the anus without chewing and leave behind the dry pellets that are subsequently produced. This process is considered similar to the [[cud]]-chewing behavior of [[Ruminant|ruminants]].<ref name="Twycrosszoo" />