Dietary fiber or roughage is the indigestible portion of food derived from plants. It has two main components: Soluble fiber, which dissolves in water, is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts, and can be prebiotic and viscous.
Bullfrogs, tree frogs, green frogs, newts and salamanders live in the Catskills too. Birds Many birds of prey call the Catskill Mountains home, in addition to a multitude of common bird species such as cardinals, chickadees, warblers, sparrows, woodpeckers, swallows and thrushes.
Mammal Species (other than bats) in Great Basin National Park of Special Concern: 1  Water Shrew (Sorex Palustris) 2  Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) 3  Beaver (Castor canadensis) 4  Sagebrush Vole (Lagurus curtatus) 5  Porcupine (Erethizon dorsature) 6  Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) 7  Pygmy Rabbit (Sylvilagus idahoensis)