Animal Diet
Carnivores
Animals that feed on any part of animal tissue (dead or alive)
Omnivores
Animals that feed on both animal tissue and plant tissue and may contain any of the categories under herbivore or carnivore
Herbivores
Animals that feed on any part of plant tissue (dead or alive)
Specialized carnivores:
| Animal Type | Feeds On |
|---|---|
| Aphidivore | aphids |
| Apivore | bees |
| Erucivore | caterpillars |
| Insectivore | insects |
| Larvivore | larvae |
| Myrmevore | ants |
| Mucivore | flies |
| Piscivore | fish |
| Pupivore | pupae |
| Ranivore | frogs |
| Sanguivore | blood |
| Zoosuccivore | liquid animal secretions of decaying (dead) animal matter |
Specialized herbivores:
| Animal Type | Feeds On |
|---|---|
| Ambivore | grasses and broad leaf plants |
| Exudativore | excreted plant substances (gums, resins, sap) |
| Folivore | foliage (leaves or trees) |
| Forbivore | forbs (flowering plants) |
| Frugivore | fruit |
| Graminivore | grasses |
| Granivore | grains |
| Gumivore | gums which are secreted from some plants |
| Lignivore | wood |
| Mellivore | honey |
| Nectarivore | nectar |
| Nucivore | nuts |
| Phytisuccivore | (tree) sap |
| Radicivore | roots |