Herbivores And Carnivores Animals List

The word carnivore is derived from latin and literally means meat eater wild cats such as lions shown in figure 2a and tigers are examples of vertebrate carnivores as are snakes and sharks while invertebrate carnivores include sea stars spiders and ladybugs shown in figure 2b.

Herbivores and carnivores animals list. Herbivores can be classified further into fruit-eaters frugivores seed-eaters granivores nectar-eaters nectivores and leaf-eaters folivores. Herbivores like this a mule deer and b monarch caterpillar eat primarily plant material. The organisms which consume or eat only plants as their source of food are called herbivores.

Omnivore animals get their energy from animals and some parts of the plant like fruit and vergetables. Carnivores are animals that eat other animals. Carnivores usually feed on herbivores but many carnivores often attack and eat other carnivores too.

Some herbivores have a special digestive system so they are able to eat grasses. Examples of Carnivores Animals. They need a lot of energy to stay alive.

Rabbits elephants cows deer are examples of herbivore animals. These animals got both the features of herbivores and carnivores. These animals have evolved digestive systems capable of digesting large amounts of plant material.

As I mentioned earlier that some animals eat fruits and leaves they are often called frugivores and folivores respectively. That is why herbivores may spend a large part of their day eating. Modification of work by Doug Bowman Carnivores are animals that eat other animals.

And as for the insects the herbivore animals list includes butterflies treehoppers grasshoppers etc. Download and print Turtle Diarys List of Herbivores Carnivores and Omnivores Animals worksheet. Modification of work by Bill Ebbesen.