Food and Feeding Habits Summary Alligator mississippiensis
 
Main Ref. Rice, A.N, 2004
Fish stage adults Mean length 243.00
Sample size 85 Percent empty 2.35
Country USA Locality Lake Griffin, Lake County, Florida.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Alligator mississippiensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
15.00 % others birds shore birds juv./adults Phalacrocorax auritus 15% is the total recomputed value for bird preys. anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) 3.3% double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 9.7% white ibis (Eudocimus albus) 2.4%
13.00 % others mammals n.a./other mammals juv./adults Procyon lotor 13% is the total recomputed value for mammal preys. Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) 0.4% raccoon (Procyon lotor) 12.6%
53.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ameiurus nebulosus 53.9% is the total recomputed value for fish preys. shad(Dorosoma spp.) 3.5 % gizzard shad (Darosoma cepedianum) 8.8% Centrarchidae 0.3% sunfish (Lepomis spp.) 0.2% black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) 2.1% gar (Lepisosteus spp.) 12 % catfish (Ameiurus spp.) 10.4 % brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) 12.2 % yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) 1.5 mosquito fish (Gambusia holbrooki) .001% Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) 1.9% bowfin (Amia calva) 1.1% sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) 0.001% killifish (Fundulus spp.) 0.02% Lake Eutis pupfish (Cyprinodon variegatus hubbsi) 0.003% undetermined fish species 0.2%
10.00 % others herps turtles juv./adults Pseudemys nelsoni 10% is the total recomputed value for reptile preys. Kinosternidae 0.3% stinkpot turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) 1.0% loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor) 0.4% redbelly turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni) 3.1% turtle (Pseudemys spp.) 0.03% gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) 1.6% Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) 1.0% cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) 1.8% brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) 0.8%
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Utterbachia spp. Total recomputed value for bivalves, crustaceans and other insect preys. mussel (Uttebachia spp.) 0.1% crayfish (Procambarus spp.) 0.006% grass shrimp (Palaemonetes intermedius) 0.037% water scorpion (Ranatra spp.) 0.001% water bug (Belostoma spp.) 0.001% giant water bug (Lethocerus spp.) 0.002% green june beetle (Cotinus nitida) 0.003% grasshopper (Orthoptera) 0.001%
4.00 % others herps toads/frogs juv./adults Rana spp. 4% is the total recomputed value for amphibian preys. greater siren (Siren lacertina) 1% two-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma means) 0.8% frog (Rana spp.)) 1.9%
4.00 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Pomacea paludosa Recomputed value for apple snails (Pomacea paludosa).
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