A herbivore is an animal that only eats plants. an animal that only eats plants carnivore, omnivore omnivore (herbivorus , from herba ( HERB) + -vorus, from vorare ). Animal adapted to subsist solely on plant tissues. Herbivores range from insects (e.g., aphids) to large mammals (e.g., elephants), but the term is most often applied to ungulates. Adaptations for a herbivorous diet include the four-chambered stomach of ruminants, the ever-growing incisor teeth of rodents, and the specialized grinding molars of cattle, sheep, and goats. Certain herbivores eat only one type of food (e.g., the koala), but most have at least moderate variety in their diet
are animals which eat only vegetation such as leaves, fruit and bark They may eat only one type of plant or a whole variety of plants For example the koala eats only eucalyptus leaves whilst gorillas eat a wide range of fruits, leaves, buds and vegetation from their tropical rainforest habitat