fruit-eaters
Orchard visitors, perhaps
Fruit-eaters are animals whose diet consists primarily of fruit.
The term appears in zoological and ecological contexts to describe feeding habits: Fruit-eaters play a crucial role in seed dispersal.
The more technical term is frugivore.
Fruit-eater also names various bird species, particularly colorful cotingas of Central and South America.
Animals that eat fruit
- batsFlying nocturnal mammals
- birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
- primatesOrder of higher mammals
- flying foxesLarge fruit-eating bats
toucans · hornbills · parrots · monkeys · lemurs · orangutans · lorikeets · cassowaries
Organisms transferring reproductive dust
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- tropical speciesOrganisms from warm latitudes
- native faunaAnimals originating in a region
- pest controllersVermin elimination specialists
Those eating only botanical produce
- vegansThose avoiding all animal products
- vegetariansThose abstaining from flesh
- plant-basedSourced from flora
- juicersFruit liquid extractors
frugivores
Animals that eat fruit
flying foxes · toucans · hornbills · parrots · monkeys · lemurs · orangutans · lorikeets · cassowaries · tanagers
pollinators
Organisms transferring reproductive dust
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- tropical speciesOrganisms from warm latitudes
- native faunaAnimals originating in a region
fruitarians
Those eating only botanical produce
- vegansThose avoiding all animal products
- vegetariansThose abstaining from flesh
- plant-basedSourced from flora
juicers · detoxers · farmers market shoppers · berry pickers
fruit-eaterscarnivores
Animals eating only meat
meat-eaters · insectivores · piscivores · scavengers · omnivores
fruit-eatersapex predators
Dominant hunters, no natural enemies
hunters · predators · parasites · decomposers · ambush predators
fruit, eater, fruits, fruited, fruiting, fruity, fruitful, fruitless, fructose