Consumers
Learning
Objectives
•Concept of
consumers
•Types of consumers
Consumers
Heterotrophs
•Cannot synthesize
organic compounds from
inorganic precursors.
•Eat organisms from a
different population for
energy
• Liberating chemical-
bond energy for metabolic
use in glycolysis, Kreb’s
cycle and electron
transport chain
Example: Animals
Consumers
Types of
Consumers
1.Herbivore
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3.Omnivore
Consumers
1. Herbivore
• Primary food source is
plant-based.
• Examples: vertebrates
as well as invertebrates
• Digestive systems
capable of handling
large amounts of plant
https://thevetisin.com/carnivores-
material.
omnivores-herbivores/ • There are eight types of
herbivory depending
upon different feeding
habits.
Consumers
Feeding
Diet Example
Strategy
krill, crabs, sea snail, sea
Algivores Algae urchin, parrotfish, surgeonf
ish, flamingo
Frugivores Fruit Ruffed lemurs
Folivores Leaves Koalas
Nectarivores Nectar Honey possum
Granivores Seeds Hawaiian honeycreepers
Palynivores Pollen Bees
Plant
Mucivores Aphids
fluids
Xylophages Wood Termites
Consumers
2. Carnivore
•Primary food source
is animal-based.
•Examples:
vertebrates as well as
invertebrates
•Digestive systems is
more efficient in
protein digestion.
https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivora
Consumers
2. Omnivore
•Primary food source
is both plant and
animal-based.
https://www.drcarney.com/ •Examples: human,
blog/entry/omnivore
bear, cockroach,
chicken
•Digest carbohydrates,
protein, fat, and fiber,
and metabolize the
nutrients
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Consumers
3. Omnivore
Types
- Frugivores: wolves
and orangutans
- Insectivores:
swallows and pink
fairy armadillos
- Granivores: large
ground finches and
mice
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