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Ecologically, these almost exclusively herbivorous insects are integral ... Almost all members of Caelifera are herbivorous, unlike the ensifera ...

Members of both Caelifera and Ensifera are primarily herbivorous, but range from herbivorous, to omnivorous, to exclusively predaceous species ...

from rodents by being almost wholly herbivorous, whereas many of the rodents ... Lagomorphs are almost exclusively herbivorous, with a diet consisting ...

Megabat is the common name for any of the largely herbivorous Old World bats comprising the suborder Megachiroptera of the order Chiroptera ...

dinosaurs, and in general were large, herbivorous dinosaurs. Brachiosaurus ... (resembling chisels), well-suited to its herbivorous diet. Its skull featured ...

a suborder, or infraorder, of herbivorous dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Stegosaurs are characterized by a double row ...

figure, the grouping of Phytoplankton → Herbivorous zooplankton → Carnivorous zooplankton → Arctic char → Capelin on the far right is a food ...

is along the Andes mountains, this large herbivorous mammal is no longer found ... Llamas are herbivorous, browsing on shrubs, lichens, grasses, and ...

Red panda is the common name for a mostly herbivorous, bamboo specialized mammal, Ailurus fulgens, that has soft, thick, reddish or reddish brown ...

Chinchillas are predominantly herbivorous, feeding on grasses and ... * Bennett, E. T. 1835. On the Chinchillidae, a family of herbivorous ...

are predators of their smaller relatives. Herbivorous copepods, particularly those in rich cold seas, store up energy from their food as oil droplets ...

Dugong is the common name for a large, herbivorous, fully aquatic marine mammal, Dugong dugon, characterized by gray-colored, nearly hairless ...

panda, Ailurus fulgens, another mostly herbivorous mammal, specialized as ... the panda has a diet that is primarily herbivorous; it consists almost exclusively ...

Black-and-white colobi are herbivorous. The Angolan colobus is primarily folivorious, feeding on leaves, but they also feed on stems, bark, flowers ...

In particular, the extinction of the large herbivorous and carnivorous dinocephalia (a group of early, mammal-like reptiles) left those ecological ...

True geese are mostly herbivorous and feed by grazing. They also take invertebrates if the opportunity presents itself; domestic geese will try ...

Inter-tidal herbivorous shellfish such as mussels and clams can help people reach a healthy balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fats in their diets ...

least shallow water. They are generally herbivorous, and are monogamous breeders ... Anatids are generally herbivorous as adults, feeding on various water ...

The herbivorous gazelles are important to food chains, being consumed by numerous predators, including cheetahs, lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals ...

differences, as megabats typically are herbivorous, consuming fruit, nectar, and pollen, while microbats often are insectivorous, but also have ...

day. The other two species are filter feeders, herbivorous and omnivorous respectively. These are often used in a grass/fish polyculture, but historically ...

although some are mainly predacious, herbivorous, or scavengers (Von Ellenrieder 2004). Hemimerina feed on fungi and scruf growing on the skin ...

In general, bovids are herbivorous, eating plants; a few are omnivorous and eat small animals, carrion, and insects as well as plants. ...

Marmots are mainly herbivorous, mainly eating greens. They eat many types of grasses, berries, lichens, mosses, roots, and flowers. However, ...

#039;s typical sauropod, indeed the canonical herbivorous dinosaur of popular consciousness" (Gould 1991). In 1903, it was surmised by Elmer ...

and fill many roles. They may be predaceous, herbivorous, endo- and ectoparasitic, saprophagous (detritus feeders), necrophagous (feed on dead organisms ...

unlike the related Colossoma and Piaractus, herbivorous piranhas tend to thoroughly masticate and destroy all seeds eaten and consequently do not function ...

The green iguana (Iguana iguana) is a large, arboreal herbivorous species of lizard of the genus iguana, native to Central and South America ...

are an adaptation to protect the plant against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant. Typically, an involucre with a clasping ...

their lifetime (Johnson 2004). Like many other herbivorous mammals, they have a large diastema between the incisors and the cheek teeth, which are ...

Mice generally live on a herbivorous diet, but are actually omnivores, as they will at times eat meat, such as the dead bodies of other mice ...

its hind feet, and four on the front feet. It was herbivorous browser on relatively soft plants, and already adapted for running. The complexity of its ...

Most snails are of herbivorous nature, though a few land species and many marine species may be omnivores or carnivores. A snail breaks up its ...

The taiga is home to a number of large herbivorous mammals and smaller rodents. These animals have also adapted to survive the harsh climate ...

whale. Also, large populations of dugongs (herbivorous marine mammals similar to manatees) live there. Six species of sea turtle come to the reef to ...

The prairie dog is chiefly herbivorous, though it eats some insects. It feeds primarily on grasses and, in the fall, broadleaf forbs. Prairie ...

range is in the high Andes mountains, this large herbivorous mammal is no longer found in the wild, but is maintained extensively in domestic herds, largely ...

prolegs, or ocelli. Symphyta larvae are mostly herbivorous and "caterpillarlike," whereas those of Apocrita are largely predatory or "parasitic ...

basin), possibly due to the fewer large herbivorous prey in forest areas ... the population levels of prey such as herbivorous and granivorous mammals ...

The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an ash-colored, thickset, arboreal, herbivorous marsupial averaging about 9 kg in weight. A rather stout ...

of both Caelifera and Ensifera are primarily herbivorous species, but Ensifera includes a few carnivorous species. The Tettigoniidae (long-horned ...

Rhinoceros are herbivorous. They have acute hearing and an excellent sense of smell, but poor eyesight over any distance. Most rhinoceros live ...

Dodson 2006, Fountain 2006). Some were herbivorous, others carnivorous. Some ... fragmentary fossils. Most of the largest herbivorous specimens on record were ...

Gerbils are primarily omnivorous or herbivorous. Their diet includes seeds, nuts, roots, fruits, grasses, insects, bulbs, and bird eggs, among ...

for swimming. Tadpoles are typically herbivorous, feeding mostly on algae ... intestines shorten as they shift from an herbivorous to a carnivorous diet ...

sharp ridges for slicing through their prey. Herbivorous turtles have serrated edged ridges that help them cut through tough plants. Turtles use their ...

Manatee is the common name for large, herbivorous, fully aquatic marine mammals comprising the family Trichechidae, characterized by a nearly ...

marginatus, barracudas, and snappers). Herbivorous and plankton-eating fish ... other fish (e.g., predatory and herbivorous fish such as Lampanyctodes ...

*Two skeletons of Anatotitan, a large herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur. *On September 27, 2007, an 80-million-year-old, 2-feet-in-diameter fossil ...

With the exception of the largely herbivorous green sea turtle, which feeds mainly on sea grasses, sea turtles are primarily carnivorous. Prey ...

The extinction of ice-age herbivorous megafauna resulted in the extinction of the sabertooth, American lion, and giant short-faced bear, leaving ...

rocks from Tilgate, belonged to a giant herbivorous land dwelling reptile. He called it Iguanodon, because the teeth resembled those of an iguana ...

* Consumers—animals, which can be primary consumers (herbivorous), or secondary or tertiary consumers (carnivorous). * Decomposers—bacteria ...

* Consumers—animals, which can be primary consumers (herbivorous), or secondary or tertiary consumers (carnivorous). * Decomposers—bacteria ...

Herbivorous, or plant-eating animals, are found throughout the province. Moose and deer (both mule and white-tail varieties) are found in the ...

from the stomach and intestinal contents of their herbivorous prey, which they usually consume. Domestic dogs can survive healthily on a reasonable ...