During the fruit production, pulpy and intact fruit is plentiful and easily available.
These cervids ate large quantities of pulpy fruits (about 60% of dry weight in red brockets and 80% in grey brockets).
However, more than 60% of the pulpy fruits that were eaten have a hard exocarp.
These plants produce pulpy, dehiscent fruits that have an odour and are located towards the end of the cactus arms.
Average germination of stored winged (42%) and non-winged (40%) seeds of dry-dehiscent fruits did not differ significantly, nor did that of seeds of dry-indehiscent (33%) and fleshy/pulpy fruit (27%).
Maturation of pulpy fruits was fairly well distributed in the hot, rainy and cold months, and winged-fruit maturation predominated in the hot, dry 3-month period.
A majority of fleshy and pulpy fruits also produce seeds that take a long time to germinate, possibly because of their dependence on frugivores for dispersal.
There is evidence that some of the sheep were suffering from relatively common diseases, such as pulpy kidney and pasteurella.
