Food Mode

for the food modes of order cultural practiced by the Man to see Practical food

---- A food mode defines the way in which one Animal is nourished.

If the Plante S synthesize their nutrients directly, the animals are dependant on one or more other species for their food. The food mode, that it is carnivorous, Herbivore or other has a dominating influence on the behavior of the animals. It determines in particular their statute of Prédateur or Proie in the Food chain. They can have a food general practitioner Omnivore or more or less specialized practice (carnivorous: Insectivorous, Piscivorous, etc)
La specialization with a source of food given also involves the evolution of various anatomical structures (stops, tooth, stomach, length of the intestine, claws,…)

Flesh-colored food

The modes are distinguished:

Carnivorous which nourishes mainly flesh: Lion, Wolf S
vulture: Jackal S, Vulture S
Necrophagous which nourishes mainly corpses: Fly S, Nécrophore S
Piscivorous which nourishes mainly Poisson S: Otter S, ospreys
Ichtyophage which nourishes mainly Poisson S
Insectivore which nourishes mainly Insecte S: Hedgehog S, Entomophagous Bat
which nourishes mainly Insecte S: Hedgehog S, Bat
Myrmécophage which nourishes mainly Fourmi S

Myrmécophagie: food mode composed of Ant S: Tamanoir S

Planctivore which nourishes mainly plankton: whales with pennons
Planktivorous which nourishes mainly plankton
Hématophage which nourishes mainly blood: Mosquito S, chip S, Tick S
Sanguinivore which nourishes mainly blood: Mosquito S, chip S, Tick S
Malacophage which nourishes mainly molluscs
Anthropophage which nourishes mainly human
Vermivore which nourishes mainly worms
Ornithophage which nourishes mainly birds
Vampire

Vegetable food

Frugivorous which nourishes mainly fruits: Bird X, Monkey S, dogfish
Carpophage which nourishes mainly fruits: Bird X, Monkey S, dogfish
Granivore which nourishes mainly seeds and nut: Bird X, Rodent S
Herbivorous which nourishes mainly plants: Antelope S, Gnou S, Phytophagous cow
which nourishes mainly plants: Antelope S, Gnou S, cow
Melliphage which nourishes mainly honey: Bee S
Mycophage which nourishes mainly Champignon S
Nectarivore which nourishes mainly nectar: hummingbirds
Xylophagous which nourishes mainly wood: Termite S, Cérambycidé S.
Pollinivore which nourishes mainly pollen

Vegetarianism, Vegetarian, Végétalien, Crudivore

Others

Absorbotrophe : Ver parasitizes
Coprophage which nourishes mainly excrements: Dung-beetle S
Saprophage, which nourishes mainly matter in decomposition
Détritivore
Géophage which nourishes mainly ground: Lombric S
Omnivorous Saprophage
Spongivore
Pantophage
Bacteriophage
Saproxylophage
Melophage
Lithophage
Mallophage
Limivore
Microphage
Macrophage
…

See too

Standard trophic suffix vore http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/-vore suffix phage http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/-phage

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