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...

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

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

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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...

(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...

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

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

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

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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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...

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

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...

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...

teeth structures that reflect their feeding preferences. For instance, frugivores (animals that feed primarily on fruit) and herbivores that feed on soft...

Krill, crabs, sea snail, sea urchin, parrotfish, surgeonfish, flamingo Frugivores Fruit Ruffed lemurs, orangutans Folivores Leaves Koalas, gorillas, red...

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