herbivorous

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In the wild, wolf packs primarily subsist on wild ungulates - hoofed, typically herbivorous, animals such as deer, cows and pigs.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The region hosts the world's second-largest population of dugongs -- herbivorous marine mammals known as "sea cows" that are listed as vulnerable -- with an estimated 5,000 to 7,500 individuals.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

They had previously been characterized as entirely herbivorous, like gorillas, Goodall observed them hunting, killing and eating small mammals such as bush pigs and colobus monkeys, by any standard a complicated collaborative enterprise.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025

After the Spanish arrived, the bears’ consumption of meat more than doubled—increasing from 10% to 26%, with one-third of that coming from livestock—but they remained mostly herbivorous.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 9, 2024

In all, of the world’s 148 big wild terrestrial herbivorous mammals—the candidates for domestication—only 14 passed the test.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond