This is a list of herbivorous animals. Herbivores animals eat such plants and leaves .Herbivory is a form of consumption in which a heterotrophic organism consumes other organisms, principally autotrophs such as plants, algae and photosynthesizing bacteria. More generally, organisms that feed on autotrophs in general are known as 1st level consumers.
Mammals
Mammals (formally Mammalia) are a class of vertebrate, air-breathing animals whose females are characterized by the possession of mammary glands while both males and females are characterized by hair and/or fur, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex region in the brain. Some mammals have sweat glands, but most do not. Some mammals are herbivorous, and some are not. Herbivorous mammals include:
Bovines
- American bison
- European bison
- African buffalo
- Cattle
- Tamaraw
- Saola
- Wisent
- Yak
- Kouprey
- Giant eland
- Gazelles
- Mountain goat
- Goats
- Sheep
- Chinkara
- Deer
Camelids
- Alpaca
- Camel
- Guanaco
- Llama
- Vicuña
Giraffes
- Giraffe
- Okapi
Deer
Diprotodontia
- Koala
- Kangaroos
Equids
- Horse
- Zebra
- Donkey
Lagomorpha
- Rabbits
- Hares
- Pikas
any of the above
Other
- Elephant
- Hippopotamus
- Rhinoceros
- Tapir
Rodents
- Capybara
- Chinchilla
- Beaver
- Mice
- Octodontids
- Guinea pig
Sirenians
- Dugong
- Manatees
Reptiles
Squamata (lizards, snakes, and worm lizards)
- Uromastyx (spiny-tailed lizards) (primarily herbivorous, but occasionally eat insects and other small animals, especially young lizards)
- Solomon Islands skink
- Iguanas (mostly herbivorous)
- Lesser Antillean Iguana
- Green iguana
Testudines (turtles, terrapins and tortoises)
- Tortoises (most land-based species)
Dinosaurs
- Dinosaurs
- Sauropoda
- Ornithischia
- Ceratopsia
Birds
Birds (class: Aves) are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most varied of tetrapod vertebrates. Some birds are herbivorous, and some are not.
- Goose
- Hoatzin
- Parrots
- Cockatoos
- True parrots
- New Zealand parrots
Amphibians
Some extant Lissamphibians display semi-herbivorous habits:
- Sirens
- Several tadpoles
Fish
- Herbivorous fish play a key role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, especially in tropical reefs, where they promote a balance between corals and macroalgae. Herbivorous fish include Acanthurus lineatus or lined surgeonfish (also known as blue banded surgeonfish, blue-lined surgeonfish, clown surgeonfish, pyjama tang, striped surgeonfish, and zebra surgeonfish), Acanthurus nigrofuscus known as the Lavender tang, Brown Tang, or Spot-Cheeked Surgeonfish, and Zebrasoma scopas known as the brown tang, twotone tang, scopas tang or brush-tail tang.
- The unicornfishes (Nasinae) genus is primarily herbivorous.
- Most of the nearly 100 species of the parrotfish family are herbivores.
Invertebrates
Insects
- Butterflies
- Katydids
- Treehoppers
- Leafhoppers
- Ants
- Moths
- Grasshoppers
- Caterpillars
Other invertebrates
- Garden snails and slugs
- Earthworms are detrivores
See also
- Mesocarnivore
- Hypercarnivore
- Herbivore
- Omnivore
- Piscivore
