Herbivores Definition: Herbivores are animals which only plant-based materials, such as leaves, fruits, stems, seeds, nectar, roots, bark, etc.
There are thousands of herbivore animals of the ecosystem.
Herbivores Animals Name-List | |
Animal | Its Feed |
| Antelope | Bushes, smaller trees and grass. |
| Beaver | Leaves, twigs, shrubs, ferns, aquatic plants, grasses, crops, etc. |
| Bison | Grasses, weeds and leafy plants. |
| Buffalo | Grasses, rice straw, weeds and leafy plants. |
| Camel | Grass, grains, and wheat. |
| Cow | Grasses, rice straw, weeds and leafy plants. |
| Deer | Leaves, twigs, shoots of plants, vines and rarely grass. |
| Donkey | Barley straw, hay and grass. |
| Iguanas | leaves of trees and vines. |
| Bees | Pollen and nectar. |
| Earthworms | Decaying roots and leaves. |
| Rhinoceroses | Grass, twigs, leaves and small branches. |
| Rabbits | Hay, grass, fresh vegetables, few pellets |
| Goat | Weeds, grasses, hay, grains and small tree barks. |
| Oxe | Grasses, rice straw, weeds and leafy plants. |
| Few Birds (sugarbirds, Cassowaries, Canada Geese, etc) | Fruits, seeds, etc. |
| Herbivorous Fish (Acanthurus Lineatus, Acanthurus Nigrofuscus, Parrotfish And Unicornfishes). | Algae and leaves of small plants. |
However, the herbivores have been separated in to several groups based on their feeding strategies.
Animal | Its Feed | Examples |
| Algivores | Algae | Herbivorous fish |
| Detritovore | Decaying plant materials | Few earthworms, etc. |
| Frugivores | Fruit | Orangutans, hammer-headed bats, gorilla, etc. |
| Folivores | Leaves | Iguanas, koalas, etc. |
| Nectarivores | Nectar | Bees, sugarbirds, etc. |
| Granivores | Seeds | Finches, sparrows, etc. |
| Palynivores | Pollen | Many insects and some mites etc. |
| Mucivores | Plant fluids, mainly sap | Some insects and birds. |
| Xylophages | Wood | Beavers, gribbles, wood-boring beetles, etc. |
