frugivorous

• “Its powerful bill enabled it to break, and its capacious, stone-supplied gizzard to digest, the hardest shells and kernels; and thus a kind of frugivorous vulture, it cleared away the decaying vegetable matter.”

  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852

• “An article by B.A. Loisell and J.G. Blake, Potential Consequences of Extinction of Frugivorous Birds, discusses the important role frugivorous birds have on ecosystems.”

  Frugivore

• “Many frugivorous birds feed mainly on fruits until nesting season when they incorporate protein rich insects into their diet.”

  Frugivore

• “Some bird species have shorter intestines to rapidly pass seeds from fruits, while some frugivorous bat species have longer intestines.”

  Frugivore

• “Mammals are considered frugivorous if the seed is dispersed and able to establish.”

  Frugivore

• “Endozoochory is generally a coevolved mutualistic relationship in which a plant surrounds seeds with an edible, nutritious fruit as a reward to frugivorous animals that consume it.”

  Seed dispersal

• “In inland riverine swamp forests, they are primarily frugivorous, with leaves, flowers, insects, and bark providing the remainder of the diet.”

  Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests

• “Such activities will increase the pressure on timber trees and game species (large frugivorous birds, primates and large rodents), almost completely extirpated in this ecoregion.”

  Pernambuco interior forests

• “The spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus), frugivorous birds, and the palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) all utilize these corridors.”

  Cape York tropical savanna

• “In addition, traditional human activities like palm-heart extraction represent a severe threat to plants and frugivorous vertebrates.”

  Serra do Mar coastal forests

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