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...
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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...
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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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placed into further sub-categories depending on their feeding behaviors. Frugivores include cassowaries, orangutans and grey parrots; insectivores include...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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(2005). "Can birds be ammonotelic? Nitrogen balance and excretion in two frugivores" (PDF). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 208 (6): 1025–1034. 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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v t e Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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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...
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Australopithecus. The early hominid ancestors of humans were probably frugivores or omnivores, with a partially carnivorous diet from scavenging rather...
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(2011-11-22). "Extremely long-distance seed dispersal by an overfished Amazonian frugivore". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 278 (1723):...
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not exclusively frugivores. The parasitic koels and channel-billed cuckoo in particular consume mainly fruit when raised by frugivore hosts such as the...
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for fig wasps and the trees depend on the fig wasps for pollination. Frugivore birds disperse the seeds of banyans. The seeds are small, and because...
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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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scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait...
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"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...
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eating leaves Florivore: eating flower tissue prior to seed coat formation Frugivore: eating fruits Graminivore: eating grasses Granivore: eating seeds Nectarivore:...
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Seeds also may be found in feces. Animals who eat fruit are known as frugivores. An advantage for a plant in having fruit is that animals will eat the...
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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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available. Another view is that until the Upper Paleolithic, humans were frugivores (fruit eaters) who supplemented their meals with carrion, eggs, and small...
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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...
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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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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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tropical areas of Nigeria and Benin. The white-throated guenon is usually a frugivore but insects, leaves, and crops are also in its diet. It usually lives...
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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...
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