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frugivorous

[frü′jiv·ə·rəs]

(zoology)

Fruit-eating. Also known as fructivorous.

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Cecropia pachystachya Trecul (Urticaceae), as other species of the genus, is a common plant typical of the initial phases of ecological succession that attracts many frugivorous animals.

Fruit availability at the individual and local levels influences fruit removal in Cecropia pachystachya

The relationship between body size, diet, and habitat use in frugivorous bats, genus Carollia (Phyllostomidae).

Dieta y estructura trofica de un ensamblaje de murcielagos en los bosques montanos del Santuario Nacional Pampa Hermosa, Junin, Peru

In that case, ecosystems may be resilient to the loss of a particular frugivorous, but since large-bodied fishes have a greater range of seed dispersal, this resilience may be reduced if such larger fishes are over-fished (Correa et al., 2016).

Jovenes del sobre-explotado pez amazonico Colossoma macropomum (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), como dispersores potenciales de semillas de Cecropia spp

The nematode eggs are present in droppings from frugivorous birds.

Ants collecting pieces of a bird dropping at Notting Hill, Victoria

During November 2015-August 2017, we collected samples from free-ranging frugivorous and insectivorous bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the DRC.

Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015-2017

'Forest obligates, like frugivorous monitors and Philippine eagles, require large tracts of intact and healthy forest, and so the presence of both in the northern Cordillera is a good sign about the health of that ecosystem.

Forest monitor lizard

The aim of this study was to know aspects of the diversity of frugivorous flies (Tephritidae and Lonchaeidae) and their parasitoids in several plant species in the fruit growing region of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, as subsidies to improve the methods of control of these pests.

FRUIT FLIES AND THEIR PARASITOIDS IN THE FRUIT GROWING REGION OF LIVRAMENTO DE NOSSA SENHORA, BAHIA, WITH RECORDS OF UNPRECEDENTED INTERACTIONS/MOSCAS FRUGIVORAS E SEUS PARASITOIDES NO POLO DE FRUTICULTURA DE LIVRAMENTO DE NOSSA SENHORA, BAHIA, COM REGISTRO DE INTERACOES INEDITAS

nemestrina conventionally have brown-colored feces, in contrast to leaf monkeys which have greenish-colored feces as a result of their frugivorous omnivore and folivorous herbivore diets, respectively (Figure 1) (Md-Zain and Ch'ng, 2011).

A NONINVASIVE MOLECULAR APPROACH: EXPLOITING SPECIES-LOCUS-SPECIFIC PCR PRIMERS IN DEFEATING NUMTS AND DNA CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF CERCOPITHECIDAE

The virus was detected in tongue (92 % and 85 %), brown fat (82 % and 77 %), lung (62 % and 77 %), heart (42 % and 77%), stomach (92 % and 64 %), liver (38 % and 67 %), spleen (43 % and 27 %), bladder (73 % and 88 %), kidney (77 % and 38 %), intestine tissues (77 % and 38 %), and feces (38 % and 42 %) from frugivorous and insectivorous bats.

Murcielagos reservorios del virus de la Rabia y epidemiologia de la Rabia en Colombia: una revision

Together, these factors may lead to the need for relatively greater cognitive complexity and flexibility in frugivorous species."