Classification of animals according to the food they eat
Omnivores
Examples: rat, monkey
Omnivores eat plants, but not all kinds of plants.
Some omnivores will hunt and eat their food.
They eat both plants and animals
Frugivores
Example:
Bornean orangutan
Highly dependent on the abundance and nutritional composition of fruits.
They eat fruits
Herbivores
Examples: sheep, zebra, cow
Herbivores need a lot of energy to stay alive.
Have special digestive systems that let them digest all kinds of plants, including grasses.
They eat plants and fruits
Insectivores
Examples: chameleon, spider
Most are the size of mice or small rats.
Insectivores make up almost 10 percent of all mammal species
They eat insects
Carnivores
Examples: fox, shark, lion
They have to eat many other animals over the course of the year.
They get food from killing and eating other animals.
They eat animals.
