- 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...
- 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...
- piscivores, insectivores, ovivores, etc.),
herbivores (subcategorised into
folivores, graminivores, frugivores, granivores, nectarivores, algivores, etc.)...
- 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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Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed
predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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Feeding behaviours Carnivores Herbivores Folivore Florivore Frugivore Graminivore Seed
predation Nectarivore Mellivory Palynivore Xylophagy Osteophagy...
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threats and
erection in males, made in the same situations. As a
seasonal folivore and frugivore, the
proboscis monkey eats
primarily fruit and leaves. It...
-
insectivores and
frugivores have
larger home
ranges than
generalists like some
folivores (leaf-eaters),
whose food-source is less abundant; they need a bigger...
