Feeding

Using a combination of the trunk, feet, tusks and sometimes the head and entire body, to engage in activities to obtain, handle and ingest food items. The different techniques used to obtain food items are listed under Foraging-Technique.

References: Poole 1982: 27. (Full reference list)

This behavioral constellation includes the following behaviors: Browsing, Grazing and occurs in the following context(s): Maintenance