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title: "Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals"  
description: "Herbivorous animals are the primary consumers that feed on plants. Cows, giraffes, kangaroos, and zebras are a few herbivorous animals that feed on veges"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-25  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1402/interesting-facts-about-herbivorous-animals  
category: "animal"  
tags: ["Herbivorous", "animal", "plant eater", "herbivores", "forests", "wildlife"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals

![Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0590c4f7-6102-4831-9a52-3bb63913a950/images/448fe04b-5123-4e09-bbc6-aea742b53e97.jpeg) ![Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0590c4f7-6102-4831-9a52-3bb63913a950/images/f55aa6f6-fb1d-4561-95dd-cd168f09f8e9.jpeg) The ones that feed only on fruits are called frugivores. ![Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0590c4f7-6102-4831-9a52-3bb63913a950/images/a4835e59-80c8-4c5d-8825-1ad1eaa3e4c9.jpeg) The animals that feed on leaves are called folivores. ![Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0590c4f7-6102-4831-9a52-3bb63913a950/images/201f7360-5a73-482f-89b8-ed5392b6b044.jpeg) Herbivorous animals that feed on woods are called xylophages. ![Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0590c4f7-6102-4831-9a52-3bb63913a950/images/e2cc7866-99d3-4ed9-9cbb-367f2963591a.jpeg) Nectivores are herbivores that feed on nectar. E.g. Butterflies ![Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0590c4f7-6102-4831-9a52-3bb63913a950/images/bc80c486-0fbe-4426-9485-ea0edc251353.jpeg) The seed-eating herbivorous animals are called granivores. E.g. Pigeons ![Interesting Facts about Herbivorous Animals](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0590c4f7-6102-4831-9a52-3bb63913a950/images/6b871a5b-e11d-414c-a7c6-0fa8aff30131.jpeg) The herbivorous animals transport photosynthetic energy in the tropics system.

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