found: Work cat.: Macdonald, C.R. Analysis of the ash weight and elemental composition in caribou (Rangifer tarandus) faecal pellets collected at Colomac and other sites in the NWT, 2004:abstr. (dietary soil intake; soil ingestion; soil in the diet) pp. 1-2 (uptake of dust and soil by caribou; herbivores will deliberately eat mineral soil; uptake also occurs accidentally from soil on roots and soil that has washed or blown onto leaves; soil ingestion is known at mineral licks) p. 34 (inadvertent and intentional ingestion of soil (termed geophagy))
found: Barrows, E.M. Animal behavior desk reference, c2001:p. 527 (-phage combining form One who, or that which, eats or consumes. n. -phagy) p. 528 (geophage: An organism that feeds on soil)
found: Zoological record, via ISI Web of knowledge, Nov. 21, 2006(Geophagy, or soil ingestion, is known from a wide range of animal taxa; geophagy in animals; ingestion of soil; ingestion of minerals/soils; clay ingestion; descriptor: Geophagy)
found: Geophagy in the golden-faced saki monkey (Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala) in the central Amazon, in Journal of zoology, Jan. 1999, via WWW, Nov. 21, 2006:p. 91 (The consumption of soil, geophagy or pedophagy, has been reported for reptiles, birds, and mammals. The principal functions have been attributed to (1) mineral supplementation; (2) adsorption of plant tannins and toxins and/or counteraction of gastric upsets or diarrhoea; (3) antacid actions of clays or adjustment of pH in the stomach forechamber; (4) tactile sensations in the mouth; (5) tradition. In humans, geophagy is also related to certain parasitic infestations, as a source of iron to counteract anaemia caused by ancylostomiasis)
found: Jones, R.L. Mineral licks, geophagy, and biogeochemistry of North American ungulates, 1985.
found: Pritchard, J.L. Food chemistry, food toxicants, medicinal plant use, geophagy, and drinking behavior of feral & free-ranging primates, 1994.
