- than
other types of foods, and
often toxic compounds. For this reason,
folivorous animals tend to have long
digestive tracts and slow metabolisms. Many...
- to as a lepidopterist.
Butterflies and
moths are
mostly herbivorous (
folivorous) as
caterpillars and
nectarivorous as adults. They play an
important role...
- 200 to 500
meters elevation. The
hoatzin is an
arboreal species and is
folivorous,
feeding on leaves,
flowers and
fruits of a
small number of
plant species...
-
Function of the
Digestive Tract of the
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin): A
Folivorous Bird with
Foregut Fermentation" (PDF). The Auk. 112 (1): 20–28. doi:10...
-
Nectarivorous –
those who feed on
flower nectar (e.g. hummingbirds, sunbirds)
Folivorous –
those who feed on leaves,
petals and
other plant material (turacos,...
-
supplemented with a
variety of
other foods.
Gorillas are
predominantly folivorous,
eating mostly stalks, shoots,
roots and
leaves with some
fruit and other...
- dry areas. They live in groups, but in
social forms vary.
Colobines are
folivorous,
though their diet may be
supplemented with flowers,
fruits and the occasional...
-
multilevel societies that have a mean of 18
individuals per band. They are
folivorous and
consume mainly Acacia pruinescens,
Ficus racemosa,
Millettia nigrescens...
- Indonesia. It
inhabits tropical moist lowland forest and is nocturnal,
folivorous and
usually found in pairs. S.
celebensis is
threatened by
hunting and...
- that eats
large quantities of leaves; it has
several adaptations to this
folivorous diet.
Since leaves are
difficult to
digest and
provide less
energy than...
