leaf eater
Feeds on greens
A leaf eater is an animal that feeds primarily on leaves—a folivore.
The term applies to creatures from caterpillars to koalas to gorillas.
Leaves are nutritionally poor, so leaf eaters typically have specialized digestive systems or must consume large quantities: Sloths are slow-moving leaf eaters.
The term occasionally describes vegetarians dismissively.
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
- plant basedDerived from vegetation
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- grazerHerbivore eating low vegetation
munching · koala · sloth · tree hugger · browsing · vegetation · aphid · silkworm · greenery · nibbling · larvae · mandibles · defoliate · canopy · eucalyptus · beetle · grasshopper · mulberry
- herbivoreshorse, cow, elephant, zebra, rabbit
- eaterscarnivore, herbivore, omnivore, insectivore, frugivore
- caterpillarscaterpillar, inchworm, silkworm, inchworms, hornworm
- feeding typesherbivore, grazer, browser, scavengers, vegetarian
dietary source
leaf eatercarnivore
Creature eating only animals
meat eater · predator · insectivore · fish eater · scavenger
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