A frugivore (/fruːdʒɪvɔːr/) is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits or succulent fruit-like produce of plants such as roots, shoots, nuts and seeds...

its alternative common name. Pesquet's parrot is a highly specialised frugivore, feeding almost exclusively on a few species of figs. Flowers and nectar...

ovivores, etc.), herbivores (subcategorized into folivores, graminivores, frugivores, granivores, nectarivores, algivores, etc.), omnivores, fungivores,...

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fruits known as frugivores, leaves, while shoot eaters are folivores (pandas) and wood eaters termed xylophages (termites). Frugivores include a diverse...

placed into further sub-categories depending on their feeding behaviors. Frugivores include cassowaries, orangutans and grey parrots; insectivores include...

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(2005). "Can birds be ammonotelic? Nitrogen balance and excretion in two frugivores" (PDF). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 208 (6): 1025–1034. doi:10...

by frugivores – both are called indehiscence. Fleshy fruits do not split open, but they also are indehiscent and they may also rely on frugivores for...

native to the Terai, the Brahmaputra basin to Southeast Asia. It is a frugivore and nests in holes of tree trunks. BirdLife International (2016). "Psilopogon...

"Freedom," her first name, "Leanne," and her fruit of choice, bananas. The frugivore diet promoted by Ratcliffe is not considered advisable by many, if not...

and still others on the forest floor. Forest birds may be insectivores, frugivores, or nectarivores. Aquatic birds generally feed by fishing, plant eating...

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Island in the Philippines. Unlike most monitors, it is a specialized frugivore. The Panay monitor occurs only on Panay, inhabiting remnant forests in...

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Australopithecus. The early hominid ancestors of humans were probably frugivores or omnivores, with a partially carnivorous diet from scavenging rather...

eating leaves Florivore: eating flower tissue prior to seed coat formation Frugivore: eating fruits Graminivore: eating grasses Granivore: eating seeds Nectarivore:...

is not mere foraging. Therefore, despite being considered an obligate frugivore, cassowaries consume a considerable amount of protein throughout its life...

species of microbats. Many bats are insectivores, and most of the rest are frugivores (fruit-eaters) or nectarivores (nectar-eaters). A few species feed on...

erection in males, made in the same situations. As a seasonal folivore and frugivore, the proboscis monkey eats primarily fruit and leaves. It also eats flowers...

not exclusively frugivores. The parasitic koels and channel-billed cuckoo in particular consume mainly fruit when raised by frugivore hosts such as the...

scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait...

also vary; gorillas are foliovores, while the others are all primarily frugivores, although the common chimpanzee hunts for meat. Foraging behaviour is...

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chimpanzees, which sleep with their mothers. The chimpanzee is an omnivorous frugivore. It prefers fruit above all other food, but it also eats leaves, leaf...

was conducted in 1908, and at the time the pigeon was the only obligate frugivore (meaning it ate mostly fruit, as opposed to as part of a wider diet or...