In zoology, a folivore is a herbivore that specializes in eating leaves. Mature leaves contain a high proportion of hard-to-digest cellulose, less energy...
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piscivores, insectivores, ovivores, etc.), herbivores (subcategorized into folivores, graminivores, frugivores, granivores, nectarivores, algivores, etc.)...
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most possums, the common brushtail possum is nocturnal. It is mainly a folivore, but has been known to eat small mammals such as rats. In most Australian...
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a type of herbivory in which a herbivore (or, more narrowly defined, a folivore) feeds on leaves, soft shoots, or fruits of high-growing, generally woody...
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differentiate between an "omnivore" and other categories, e.g. faunivore, folivore, and scavenger. Some researchers argue that evolution of any species from...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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insect exudates (gum, sap, lerp, etc.) Gummivore: eating tree sap or gum Folivore: eating leaves Florivore: eating flower tissue prior to seed coat formation...
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insectivores and frugivores have larger home ranges than generalists like some folivores (leaf-eaters), whose food-source is less abundant; they need a bigger...
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mostly just eat fruits known as frugivores, leaves, while shoot eaters are folivores (pandas) and wood eaters termed xylophages (termites). Frugivores include...
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threats and erection in males, made in the same situations. As a seasonal folivore and frugivore, the proboscis monkey eats primarily fruit and leaves. It...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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better hide from predators and hunters. The Philippine flying lemur is a folivore, eating mainly young leaves and occasionally soft fruits, flowers, plant...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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parrotfish, surgeonfish, flamingo Frugivores Fruit Ruffed lemurs, orangutans Folivores Leaves Koalas, gorillas, red colobuses, many leaf beetles Nectarivores...
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Arctic hare (category Folivores)
remain white all year round. The Arctic hare is a herbivore, specifically a folivore. Arctic hares feed primarily on woody plants, with arctic willow constituting...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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small white spots. The wings are clear with dark marks. This species is a folivore, essentially feeding on leaves of various plants. It is a solitary species...
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Sloth (category Folivores)
Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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ways. In the same forest, four separate species of arboreal marsupial folivores reacted differently to a secondary metabolite in eucalypts. This shows...
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Green, B (1997). "Milk consumption and growth in a marsupial arboreal folivore, the common ringtail possum". Physiological Zoology. 70 (6): 691–700. doi:10...
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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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foliature, folic, foliferous, folio, foliolate, foliole, foliose, foliosity, folivore, folivorous, folivory, multifoil, multifoliate, octofoil, perfoliate, portfolio...
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