herbivore
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In May, it was revealed that a different type of long-necked herbivore dinosaur - the nagatitan - had been identified by scientists from remains dug up in Thailand.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Guillermo Deferrari, of Ushuaia's scientific research center, downplayed the landfill theory, explaining that the colilargo is herbivore and lives off seeds and fruit found in forested ecosystems, not in dumps, where the common rat feeds.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Haolong dongi was a herbivore, meaning it fed on plants rather than other animals.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
Students must do a training stint in each of four main categories — carnivore, herbivore, bird and primate — so they may wind up working with animals they find unpleasant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
Big mammalian herbivore species react to danger from predators or humans in different ways.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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It could also be an amynodon, or “swamp rhino,” a member of an extinct family of of large-bodied herbivores that are distantly related to rhinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Reintroducing wild horses and other herbivores to keep vegetation in check appeals to environmentalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The team believes giant prey animals may have triggered an "evolutionary arms race" in which predators evolved stronger jaws and skulls to overpower increasingly massive herbivores.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
They often compensate villagers when carnivores kill their livestock or herbivores eat their crops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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