Animals that eat Grass-Graminivores A to Z

Welcome back, everyone. This is another interesting yet pretty simple topic of discussion. Today we are gonna discuss the list of animals that eat grass. Emm… Do you Know What they are called?

Yes, You are right They are herbivores as they feed only on plant life. But what to call those who primarily feed only on grass.

What to call a Grass Eating Animal?

In simple words, we call these animals “Grazing animals”.  In Zoological terms, The animals that primarily feed on grass is called “Graminivore”. Interesting Isn’t it? Reply in the comments if you already know that.

The word Graminivore is made from two Latin words- Graminis & Vorare. Graminis means Grass and Vorare means to Eat.

The process of feeding on Grass is called Graminivory. Technically a Graminivore is a herbivore animal that mostly feeds on grass. This doesn’t mean that they can only eat grass. In fact, common graminivores like cows or Buffallo can feed on several green plant products.

These animals have their special sense of taste. Different species are known to feed on specific grass types of their choice. This selectiveness makes them different and unique. This is why- grazing animals have different shapes and sizes in different geographic locations.

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Interesting Facts-

Do you know?– The digestive system of Herbivore animals is specially modified to procure useful bacterias that help in cellulose decomposition. Plant cellulose is still very difficult to digest even for these grazing animals.

Animals that eat Grass- Graminivores A to Z

Herbivores or Graminivores as we call them, mostly feed on grass. There are literally 100’s of species and subspecies of animals who primarily feed only on grass. In this post, I have tried to list a few of them. Please let me know some interesting names if you found some missing in this list.

A	licenses Antelope  Aye Aye
B	Bison Bongo Beaver Buffalo Beer Bushbuck licenses Baboon Bactrian Camel Badger Bandicoot Bonobo Beaver
C	licenses Capybara Camel Cow Chamois Chimpanzee Chinchilla Chipmunk Cotton-top tamarin Cuscus
D	licenses Dormouse Deer Donkey
E	Elephant Emperor Tamarin
F	Fruit Bat Flying squirrel licenses
G	Giraffe Goat Gorilla Guinea pig Gerbil Geoffroy license Gibbon Giant panda bear Gopher Gery mouse lemur
H	Horse Hare licenses Hippopotamus Howler monkey Hamster Highland Cattle
I	Iguana Indian palm squirrel Indri
J	Japanese Macaque Jerboa
K	Kangaroo Koala Kudu
L	Lamb Llama licenses
M	Monkey Mouse Manatee Mandrill Markhor
O	Okapi Orangutang
P	Panda Pademelon Pied tamarin Pere Davids deer licenses Possum Porcupine Probosci’s monkey Pygmy Marmoset
R	Rabbit  Rhinoceros  Reindeer
S	licenses Sheep Squirrel
T	Tapanuli Orangutang Tapir
U	Uakari
V	Vervet Monkey
W	Wallaby Warthog Water buffalo Water vole White-faced Capuchin licenses Wombat Wolly Monkey Wolly Mammoth
X	Xerus
Y	yak
Z	licenses Zebra Zebu Zonkey Zorse

Final Words

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I hope you like this list. I have tried to keep it simple yet Informative. All of the above are the names of herbivore animals. Please let me know what you think about Grass eating animals.

Some of these animals are close pets to us. They feed on grass and we feed on some of them. It means we are dependent on them as well as on the grass. Our Ecosystem is a great example of symbiotic dependency and we must respect that.

I’ll be back with something new and interesting. Till then Keep reading Keep Gardening!