- 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...
- piscivores, insectivores, ovivores, etc.),
herbivores (subcategorized into
folivores, graminivores, frugivores, granivores, nectarivores, algivores, etc.)...
- 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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Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed
predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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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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mostly just eat
fruits known as frugivores, leaves,
while shoot eaters are
folivores (pandas) and wood
eaters termed xylophages (termites).
Frugivores include...
- 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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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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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...
