List of herbivorous animals
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This is a list of herbivorous animals. Herbivores are animals that eat plants. Herbivory is a form of predation in which an organism consumes principally autotrophs[1] such Ascension plants, algae and photosynthesizing bacteria. More generally, organisms that feed on autotrophs in general are known as primary consumers.
Mammals
Mammals (formally Mammalia) are a class of vertebrate, air-breathing animals whose females are characterized by the possession of mammary glands while both males and females are characterized by hair and/or fur, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex region in the brain. Some mammals have sweat glands, but most do not. Some mammals are herbivorous, and some are not. Herbivorous mammals include:
- Capybara
- Chinchilla
- Beaver
- Octodont
- Mice
- Chevrotain
- Chinkara
- Guinea pig
- Rabbit
- Koala
- Kangaroo
- Gorilla
- Human
- American Bison+
- European bison+
- African buffalo+
- Cattle+
- Tamaraw+
- Saola+
- Wisent+
- Yak+
- Kouprey+
- Giant eland+
- Okapi+
- Horse+
- Zebra+
- Donkey+
- Elephant+
- Gazelle+
- Giraffe+
- Goat+
- Rhinoceros+
- Hippopotamus+
- Llama+
- White tailed deer+
- Bactrian camel+
- Mountain goat+
- Manatee
Many placental herbivorous mammals look similar. Deer, cattle, rhinos, elephants, hippos, horses and giraffes. Along with sheep, goats, camels and llamas. The ones that have + next to them fall into this category.
Reptiles
Turtles
Squamatas
Dinosaurs
- Sauropods
- Ornithischias
- Birds (class: Aves are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most varied of tetrapod vertebrates. Some birds are herbivorous, and some are not.)
Invertebrates
Insects
Other invertebrates
- Garden snails and garden slugs
- Earthworms are detrivores
References
- ↑ Campbell, N. A. (1996) Biology (4th edition) Benjamin Cummings, New York ISBN 0-8053-1957-3
- ↑ Discovering Dinosaurs. Curriculum Corporation, 2003 ISBN 1876973064. Retrieved 2010-08-08.