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Encyclopedia > Frugivorous

A frugivore is an animal that feeds on fruit. Most vertebrate frugivores eat other foods in addition to fruits. Thus, many birds eat both fruits, such as wild berries, and insects (examples include the American Robin or the Cedar Waxwing) or seeds (e. g., Pesquet's Parrot). Some mammals eat both fruits and animal prey. Mammalian frugivores include carnivores, primates and bats. Examples include the Kinkajou, the Gray-bellied Night Monkey, the Ring-tailed Lemur, and the White-headed Capuchin. Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia    Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Binomial name Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 The American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. ... Binomial name Bombycilla cedrorum (Vieillot, 1808) The Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum, is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. ... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary... Binomial name Potos flavus The Kinkajou (Potos flavus) is a nocturnal rainforest mammal related to the raccoons. ... Binomial name Aotus lemurinus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843 The Gray-bellied Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus), also called the Lemurine Owl Monkey or Night Monkey, is a small New World monkey of the family Nyctipithecidae. ... Binomial name Lemur catta Linnaeus, 1758 The Ring-tailed Lemur is a relatively large prosimian, a lemur belonging to the family Lemuridae. ... Binomial name Cebus capucinus Linnaeus, 1758 The White-headed Capuchin (Cebus capucinus), also known as the White-faced Capuchin or White-throated Capuchin, is a small New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. ...


Frugivores that eat fruits without destroying the seeds may help the dispersal of fruiting plants.


People who consciously adopt a strictly frugivorous diet call themselves fructarians or fruitarians. Fructarians (or fruitarians) are a subgroup of vegans who eat only the fruit of plants. ...


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Frugivore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (964 words)
A frugivore is an animal that feeds primarily or less commonly exclusively on fruit.
As the reproductive means for the plant, the plant species may have may have evolved means to either prevent animals from consuming their fruits, or conversely the fruit may have evolved to be entice frugivores to the plant.
Just as plants who work with their attendant frugivores may affect change on the consumer and themselves over time, the deterrent plants can also get into an evolutionary arms race with animals.
Frugivore (1447 words)
Fruit rot, antifungal defense, and palatability of fleshy fruits for frugivorous birds.
Ecological and phytochemical diversity of arillate seeds in aglaia (Meliaceae): a study of vertebrate dispersal in tropical trees.
Fruit rot, antifuncal defense, and palatability of fleshy fruits for frugivorous birds.
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