(but see Putman 1977,1978a, b; Putman 1983; Carter et al. 2007; Parmenter and MacMahon 2009;Benbow et al. 2013; Subalusky et al. 2017)
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Among vertebrates, no mammals or reptiles have evolved into obligatescavengers, and among extant birds only large soaring vultures are obligate carrionconsumer
even more important that insects (esp Nicrophorus) fill this niche
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true specialists
Nicrophorus must be flexible in taxa and able to accept what is available
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