plant-eaters
Leaf and grass eaters
Plant-eaters are animals that feed exclusively or primarily on plants—the informal equivalent of herbivore.
The term appears most often in children's educational materials and casual discussion of dinosaurs or wildlife: The long-necked dinosaurs were plant-eaters.
Some plant-eaters consume only leaves, others specialize in fruits, seeds, or grasses.
Fauna consuming only plants
- grazersAnimals eating ground vegetation
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- frugivoresAnimals that eat fruit
- ruminantsMulti-stomached grazing mammals
ungulates · megaherbivores · cecum · cud-chewing · sauropods · manatees · tortoises · iguanas
Extinct prehistoric reptiles
- sauropodsMassive long-necked dinosaur group
- BrachiosaurusTall sauropod genus
- IguanodonOrnithopod genus with distinctive thumb spikes
- hadrosaursDuck-billed dinosaur family
titanosaurs · duck-billed · Jurassic · Cretaceous · fossils · paleontology · extinction · megafauna
Ecological feeding hierarchy
- producersThose who create goods
- predatorsAnimals that kill prey
- preyAnimal being hunted
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
grazing · browsing · foraging · overgrazing · carrying capacity · keystone species · seed dispersal · pollination
Those abstaining from flesh
- vegansThose avoiding all animal products
- herbivorousConsuming only plants
- meatlessWithout animal flesh
- flexitarianMostly herbivorous by choice
raw foodist · fruitarian · leafy greens · legumes · grains · tofu · tempeh · seitan
herbivores
Fauna consuming only plants
- grazersAnimals eating ground vegetation
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- frugivoresAnimals that eat fruit
ruminants · ungulates · megaherbivores · cecum · cud-chewing · sauropods · manatees · tortoises · iguanas · koalas
dinosaurs
Extinct prehistoric reptiles
- sauropodsMassive long-necked dinosaur group
- BrachiosaurusTall sauropod genus
- IguanodonOrnithopod genus with distinctive thumb spikes
hadrosaurs · titanosaurs · duck-billed · Jurassic · Cretaceous · fossils · paleontology · extinction · megafauna
food chain
Ecological feeding hierarchy
ecosystem · grazing · browsing · foraging · overgrazing · carrying capacity · keystone species · seed dispersal · pollination · coevolution
vegetarians
Those abstaining from flesh
- vegansThose avoiding all animal products
- herbivorousConsuming only plants
- meatlessWithout animal flesh
flexitarian · raw foodist · fruitarian · leafy greens · legumes · grains · tofu · tempeh · seitan · pulses
plant-eatersmeat-eaters
Consumers of animal flesh
carnivores · predators · insectivores · piscivores · hunters