An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects. [1] An alternative term is entomophage, [2] which can also refer to the human practice of eating insects. The first vertebrate insectivores were amphibians.

Insectivore, the common name applied to any of 450 or so species of mammals—comprising hedgehogs, golden moles, “true” moles, “true” shrews, the moonrat, gymnures, solenodons, and tenrecs—that subsist primarily on insects, other arthropods, and earthworms.

Insectivores are animals that primarily eat insects, earthworms, other arthropods. Insectivores are a type of carnivore or omnivore, that mainly eat insects. However, most insectivores are small in size similar to their diet, especially when compared to other animals that eat mammals.

2019年10月17日 · Insectivores refer to animals that feed on insects. Some animals consume insects as well as leaves, fruits, and stems of plants, and others eat insects and other small animals, while others rely exclusively and purely on insects for their diet.

The meaning of INSECTIVORE is any of an order (Insectivora) of small usually nocturnal mammals (such as moles, shrews, and hedgehogs) that feed mainly on insects.

Each type of insectivore has its own unique way of hunting and eating insects. For example different mammals have different feeding habits. Some are insect eating animals known as insectivores who forage for slugs, worms, insects and snails. There are around 345 mammal species that are insectivores.

2024年5月27日 · An insectivore is a plant or animal that primarily eats insects. At any given time on earth, there are an estimated quintillion insects. While individually tiny, insects make up an extremely large percentage of the animal world.

An insectivore is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which also refers to the human practice of eating insects. The first insectivorous vertebrates were amphibians.