Primarily a grazer, the oribi prefers fresh grasses and browses occasionally. Grasses can constitute up to 90% of the diet; preferred varieties include "Andropogon", "Eulalia", "Hyparrhenia", "Loudetia", "Pennisetum" and "Themeda" species. Mineral licks are also visited regularly. Oribi have been observed feeding on flowers and "Boletus" mushrooms. Groups of oribi congregate in the rainy season, when grasses are abundant.
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Oribi
Oribi | Diet
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what is an oribi?
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It is a small antelope.
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where is it found?
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Eastern, southern and western Africa from savannahs, floodplains and tropical grasslands
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how does it look like?
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This antelope features a slightly raised back, and long neck and limbs. The glossy, yellowish to rufous brown coat contrasts with the white chin, throat, underparts and rump. The bushy tail, brown to black on the outside, has white insides.
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what family does it belong to?
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It was the sole member of its genus
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can you tell me about its diet?
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Primarily a grazer, the oribi prefers fresh grasses and browses occasionally. Grasses can constitute up to 90% of the diet; preferred varieties include "Andropogon", "Eulalia", "Hyparrhenia", "Loudetia", "Pennisetum" and "Themeda" species. Mineral licks are also visited regularly. Oribi have been observed feeding on flowers and "Boletus" mushrooms. Groups of oribi congregate in the rainy season, when grasses are abundant.
Oribi | Diet
It was reddish to yellowish above and mostly white below. Its diet may have included plant material and small animals.
Oryzomys nelsoni | Introduction
Staple foods comprise shrubs and lianas. The main constituents of the diet are woody, dicotyledonous species; monocotyledonous plants are not eaten regularly. In the Ituri forest, the okapi feeds mainly upon the plant families Acanthaceae, Ebenaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Loganiaceae, Rubiaceae, and Violaceae.
Okapi | Diet
Typically of the Lebiasinidae, "N. anduzei" is an omnivore, and with its small overall size and mouth takes small food items. In the wild, these likely include small invertebrates from the water column, as in an aquarium setting, where crushed flake food and dried or frozen natural food are taken. It is also reported to indulge in surface browsing of algae or biofilm and this may represent a significant portion of the diet.
Nannostomus anduzei | Diet
They tend to eat on nights when there is no full moon so it is darker.
Leiurus abdullahbayrami | Diet
The scientific name of the oribi is "Ourebia ourebi". The sole member of its genus, the oribi is placed under the family Bovidae. The species was first described by the German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann in 1782. The oribi was formerly included in the tribe Neotragini, that comprised a variety of other dwarf antelopes, including "Dorcatragus" (beira), "Madoqua" (dik dik), "Neotragus", "Oreotragus" (klipspringer) and "Raphicerus". In 1963, German mammalogist Theodor Haltenorth separated the oribi and "Raphicerus" into a new tribe, Raphicerini; later on, zoologist Jonathan Kingdon assigned the oribi to Ourebini, a tribe of its own. The common name "oribi" comes from the Afrikaans name for the animal, "oorbietjie".
Oribi | Taxonomy
The diet of this species is made up of insects and small vertebrates.
Julia Creek dunnart | Diet
Diet consists of insects like dragonflies and moths.
Calotes pethiyagodai | Diet
Tooth morphology and wear suggest a diet of tough, abrasive food, the kind typically found in the type of environment "O. turkae" probably lived in.
Ouranopithecus turkae | Diet
The diet of this species is a bryozoan, which lives in shallow water.
Okenia barnardi | Ecology
The diet of this species is the bryozoan "Integripelta acanthus".
Okenia hiroi | Ecology
The diet consists primarily of rodents and other small mammals in the wild. Frogs are a possibility. In captivity, mice are accepted readily.
Oreocryptophis | Diet
This species is both a limnivore and omnivore.
Anostomus anostomus | Diet
"L. pattoni" is a terrestrial hunter, and while its diet is largely unknown, the holotype was collected with a Malagasy ground skink ("Madascincus melanopleura") in its stomach, suggesting that it feeds on small terrestrial rainforest fauna.
Liophidium pattoni | Diet
"D. mawii" is entirely herbivorous; it eats figs and flowers opportunistically, but the majority of its diet are the leaves of terrestrial trees.
Hickatee | Diet
The diet consists mainly of small mammals, birds, and frogs.
Trimeresurus sumatranus | Diet
Its diet primarily consists of diatoms and green algae, but it will occasionally eat meat.
Hemigrapsus oregonensis | Introduction
The oribi (; "Ourebia ourebi") is a small antelope found in eastern, southern and western Africa. The sole member of its genus, the oribi was first described by the German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann in 1782. Eight subspecies are identified. The oribi reaches nearly at the shoulder and weighs . This antelope features a slightly raised back, and long neck and limbs. The glossy, yellowish to rufous brown coat contrasts with the white chin, throat, underparts and rump. Only males possess horns; the thin, straight horns, long, are smooth at the tips and ringed at the base. Typically diurnal, the oribi is active mainly during the day.
Oribi | Introduction
It is believed, from evidence gathered, that this species eats insects.
Ooldea dunnart | Diet
Its diet mostly consists of insects and other small invertebrates.
Darwin's iguana | Diet
The diet is made up of fruits, seeds and invertebrates. This species is apparently a cooperative breeder, with family groups helping to protect the nest and feed the young. The hooded pitohui is common and is not at risk of extinction.
Hooded pitohui | Introduction
Their diet consists primarily of small mammals, especially rats and bandicoots.
Taipan | Diet
The diet of this species is a hydroid, "Tubularia indivisa".
Fjordia browni | Ecology
Their diet consists of nectar and plant juice. The larvae diet consists of grubs of wood-boring beetles.
Alaus oculatus | Diet
The diet of this species consists of seeds and grain.
Sahel paradise whydah | Biology and behavior
Its diet consists mainly of insects, spiders, frogs, reptiles, snails and invertebrates. The female usually lays three eggs in a platform nest made from twigs and branches.
Madagascan ibis | Ecology
"B. beddomei" feeds mainly on geckos and skinks.
Boiga beddomei | Diet
Its diet consists of mainly insects, frogs, and spiders. In captivity, mealworms are a favorite of the ameiva along with crickets.
Ameiva ameiva | Diet
The diet of this species is probably an encrusting bryozoan.
Okenia cochimi | Ecology
All members of the family are carnivorous, feeding on crustaceans, aquatic insects, mollusks, annelids, amphibians, small fish, and sometimes carrion.
Kinosternidae | Diet
The diet of the Rio Mayo titi consists of mostly leaves, seeds, fruits, and arthropods. In one study, it was found that 54% of their diet was fruit, and 22% insects (consisting of at least 10 different types of insects), with the remainder consisting of leaves, tendrils, meristems, flowers and seeds. The 22% of the "P. oenanthe" diet that consists of insects is gathered in a variety of ways. There are three main types of foraging technique that the species uses to catch insects: lunging and grabbing exposed prey, biting and inspecting hidden prey, and stealth foraging or scanning for prey.
Rio Mayo titi | Diet
o. ourebi" is a rich rufous, while "O. o. hastata" is yellower. Only males possess horns; the thin, straight horns, long, are smooth at the tips and ringed at the base. The maximum horn length, , was recorded in 1998 from Malawi. The oribi has at least six different, well-developed scent glands (such as the prominent preorbital glands near the eyes). The body has several modifications, such as the large fossae below the eyes, to accommodate such a large number of glands. Females have four teats.
Oribi | Description
This species' diet consists of mostly insects, particularly beetles, butterflies, and ants, with little to no variation between the diet of males and females.
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata | Diet
Its diet consists of "Urtica dioica" juices, "Heracleum sphondylium" nectar, and "Centaurea jacea" nectar.
Calocoris affinis | Diet
While a lot of details about the species diet is unknown, it is believed that they eat mostly invertebrates as well as some small vertebrates.
False antechinus | Diet
The diet consists mainly of fruits, berries and insects.
Regent bowerbird | Diet
Its diet mostly consists of insects and other small invertebrates.
Diplolaemus leopardinus | Diet
The diet of "I. cyreni" is composed mainly of invertebrates such as insects or spiders.
Iberolacerta cyreni | Diet
The diet of this species is a bryozoan.
Okenia harastii | Ecology
This species feeds on hydroids such as "Tubularia indivisa".
Fjordia chriskaugei | Diet
Although the kinkajou is classified in the order Carnivora and has sharp teeth, its omnivorous diet consists mainly of fruit, particularly figs. Studies have shown that 90% of their diet consists of (primarily ripe) fruit. To eat softer fruits they hold it with their forepaws, then scoop out the succulent pulp with their tongue. They may play an important role in seed dispersal. Leaves, flowers, and various herbs make up much of the other 10% of their diet. They sometimes eat insects, particularly ants. It has been suggested, without direct evidence, that they may occasionally eat bird eggs and small vertebrates.
Kinkajou | Diet
Like other species in the genus "Uromastyx", "U. alfredschmidti" is herbivorous.
Uromastyx alfredschmidti | Diet
The jaw is deep, the dentaries are well fused, and the teeth are reduced, and all indicate a specialized seed-feeding habit for "Jeholornis". In 2017 it was announced, that one specimen was fossilized with gastroliths in its stomach.
Jeholornis | Diet
Although fruits are the major portion of this primate's diet, invertebrates and leaves are also consumed to a smaller degree. Lepidopteran larva, spiders and orthopterans are especially eaten with relish and probably occasional small lizards, judging by the hunting preferences of a tame, free-ranging adult female, which lived at the Caparú Biological Research Station on the lower Apaporis River. Kinzey found the following range of dietary preference during his 135 hours study in Peru: 14% "Clarisia racemosa" (Moraceae); 13% unidentified (Guttifereae); 7% "Pithecellobium" sp. (Convolvulaceae); "Jessenia bataua" (Arecaceae); "Psychotrian axillaris" (Rubiaceae); "Guatteria elata" (Annonaceae); "Virola" sp. (Myristicaceae). Easley identified frequency of item choice in the diet of the same groups as above: 74.1% fruits, 15.8% insects, 8.8% leaves, 0.6% buds and flowers and 0.1% other.
Collared titi | Diet
This species is known to eat plankton, mollusks, crustaceans, and other fishes It may be solitary or found in schools.
Lethrinus atkinsoni | Diet
The oribi occurs in a variety of habitats – from savannahs, floodplains and tropical grasslands with tall grasses to montane grasslands at low altitudes, up to above the sea level. Recently burnt areas often attract groups of oribi. The choice of habitat depends on the availability of cover needed to escape the eyes of predators. Population densities typically vary between 2 and 10 individuals per km; however, densities as high as 45 individuals per km have been recorded in tropical grasslands that receive over of annual rainfall and open floodplains. The oribi's range overlaps with those of larger grazers such as the African buffalo, hippopotamus, hartebeest, Thomson's gazelle and topi.
Oribi | Distribution and habitat
The ornate tree lizard feeds on mostly insects and their larvae.
Urosaurus ornatus | Diet
"X. mechowii" preys on amphisbaenians, which it finds by burrowing.
Xenocalamus mechowii | Diet
Found in moist leaf litter, under stones and logs in forests. Diet comprises insects.
Lankascincus deignani | Ecology & Diet
Diet consists of mostly myctophid fishes including the Diaphus genus and other small unidentified fish as well as decapods. It is estimated that at least one myctophid is eaten every twelve days.
Stomias affinis | Diet
Their diet is basically plant tissues, although pollen grains and non-vegetal food items (mites) were also found in their crop contents.
Omalonyx convexus | Feeding habits
Their diet likely consists of small crustaceans such as copepods, amphipods, and mysid shrimps.
Minyichthys brachyrhinus | Diet
Insectivorous; feeds largely on insects but at times bird-eggs, nestlings, and frogs too are eaten up.
Calotes jerdoni | Diet
However, it is unclear if this can be extended to "A. africanus".
Australopithecus africanus | Diet
The diet consists mainly of rodents, possibly due to the greater abundance and availability of these prey throughout the year in areas where this species occurs, lizards of the Teiidae family are also part of the diet of C. durissus.
Crotalus durissus | Diet
The diet of this species is a bryozoan, "Amathia wilsoni".
Okenia mija | Ecology
"U. sameiti" are insectivores eating insects, other arthropods, and also land snails.
Uroplatus sameiti | Diet
Stomach contents include one specimen of "Mullus argentinae", remains of a teleost fish, and a predominance of Myctophidae fishes.
Dactylobatus clarkii | Diet
Due to its bill shape, it is able to scrape off pieces of bark and reach insects that make up all of the protein in its diet. It drinks nectar from ōhia lehua ("Metrosideros polymorpha") trees and in rare cases it will use sugar feeders.
Oʻahu ʻamakihi | Diet
This subspecies eats geckos, house mice, birds, and marsupials, including the Tammar wallaby. The young of brooding red-eared firetails, "Stagonopleura oculata", were taken from a nest being observed.
Morelia spilota imbricata | Diet
This species is omnivorous, eating invertebrates and plant material. It favors ants, and on plants it prefers the fruits and flowers. It commonly eats the fruit of "Chomelia obtusa", higuerón, and smilaxes. It especially favors the fruit of little coca during the summer.
Tropidurus torquatus | Diet
While a lot of details about the species diet is unknown, it is believed that they eat mostly invertebrates as well as some small vertebrates.
Alexandria false antechinus | Diet
"C. aestuarii" is an omnivorous predator of small bivalves with soft shells, small crustaceans, annelids as well as being a scavenger of dead aquatic animals. Algae is also part of the diet. Eating habits can change throughout its lifespan and seasonally in relation with available food in its habitat.
Carcinus aestuarii | Diet
This species is known to consume a variety of plant species. It has even been recorded eating other Orthoptera.
Orchelimum vulgare | Diet
The diet includes marine algae and zooplankton.
Chromis punctipinnis | Diet
The species is insectivorous. Among other things, it has been known to eat water scavenger beetles, black flies, flesh flies, damselflies, predaceous diving beetles, caddisflies, nematodes, and isopods.
Hemibrycon sanjuanensis | Diet
gaudichaudii", but it also eats fish larvae, chaetognaths, pteropods, juvenile krill, and anything else it comes across. The long limbs are folded against the body for swimming, and extend to catch prey in a similar way to the praying mantis.
Themisto gaudichaudii | Relatives
However, this diet has not been confirmed since neither behavioral observation nor analysis of its stomach contents has been possible. It has been found only at two widely separated localities in Malawi, Thumbi Island West at Cape Maclear and Nkhata Bay. It occurs in the deeper, rocky habitats of Lake Malawi, and is unknown in the aquarium trade.
Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus | Introduction
Their primary diet consists of frogs and toads.
Drymobius | Diet
This mammal's diet consists mostly of invertebrates.
Shrew gymnure | Diet
Its diet consists mostly of snails, insects, and spiders and it nests in native ‘ōhi‘a lehua ("Metrosideros polymorpha") forests.
Poʻouli | Behavior
The species feeds on worms, small insects, flake food and crustaceans.
Thayeria boehlkei | Diet
The diet of the hooded pitohui is dominated by fruit, particularly figs of the genus "Ficus", grass seeds, some insects and other invertebrates, and possibly small vertebrates. Among the invertebrates found in their diet are beetles, spiders, earwigs, bugs (Hemiptera, including the families Membracidae and Lygaeidae), flies (Diptera), caterpillars and ants. They feed at all levels of the forest, from the forest floor to the canopy, and are reported to do so in small groups, presumably of related birds. The species also regularly joins mixed-species foraging flocks, and on Yapen and between above sea-level it will often act as the flock leader.
Hooded pitohui | Diet and feeding
The diet of species in this family consists of insects, seeds, and grasses. Species are diurnal, and forage by walking and picking up food from the ground.
Calcariidae | Behavior
The diet of "S. insulomontanus" is unknown. Despite the allusion to fishing in one of its common names, there is no evidence that the species eats fish.
Synophis insulomontanus | Diet
The diet of this species is unknown but probably consists of tunicates.
Okenia rhinorma | Ecology
The diet of the Angola colobus consists of about two thirds of leaves and one third of fruit and seeds. The East Tanzanian population lives mainly on ripe fruit, supplemented with full-grown leaves.
Angola colobus | Diet
"N. christyi" predominately preys upon fish and amphibians, but it will also prey upon small lizards and rodents if the opportunity is there.
Naja christyi | Diet
During early years the majority of their diet is composed of sea plankton, sea plants and sea weed. A grown long-eyed shrimp would eat small worms and microscopic organisms. From time to time they might consume dead fish or crabs and occasionally they would turn and eat their own.
Ogyrididae | Diet
It feeds on frogs, geckos, and fish.
Erythrolamprus cobella | Diet
Based on the heavily pitted surface of the second molar of "Ouranopithecus macedoniensis", it is assumed that its diet consisted of harder foods such as nuts or tubers.
Ouranopithecus macedoniensis | Diet
"E. ornatus" preys on lizards.
Erythrolamprus ornatus | Diet
Diet consists mainly of arboreal leaves, but includes fruit and flowers depending on the season. It can be found foraging on the groundand typically stays within a foraging path of approximately 500 meters.
King colobus | Diet
The diet of this species is an encrusting bryozoan.
Okenia kendi | Ecology
Prey consists of about equal amounts of vegetation and invertebrates. Specimen stomach contents include seeds from grasses "Z. paradoxa" and "Aristida holathera", as well as remnants of numerous invertebrate species. Individuals move with small hops while foraging between clumps of spinifex ("Triodia" spp.) and within clumps of dune pea ("Swainsona rigida"). It will sometimes skip backwards and shuffle the feet to uncover food items in the sand.
Eyrean grasswren | Diet
It has been suggested that, despite the indications of herbivory in some dromornithids, "Bullockornis" may have been a carnivore or possibly a scavenger. However, most authorities now consider it to be a herbivore.
Dromornithidae | Diet
Stomach dissections of "I. meadi" indicate the species primarily feed on small crustaceans.
Ipnops meadi | Diet
Outside the breeding season, most (82%) of the diet is fruit and berries, the remainder being insects and other invertebrates. Important food sources include fruits of the native olapa ("Cheirodendron trigynum"), lapalapa ("C. platyphyllum"), ōhia ha ("Syzygium sandwicensis") and kanawao ("Broussaisia arguta"). In the breeding season, over fifty percent of the diet shifts to invertebrates. The song is varied, consisting of a simple trill to a complex wheezing, and high-pitched squeal described as a squeaking rather resembling a metal wheel needing lubrication. Males sing throughout the year, but do so with increasing frequency as the breeding season approaches, peaking from April to May.
Puaiohi | Diet and behavior
"O. cuvieri" has a mostly carnivorous diet.
Oplurus cuvieri | Diet
It feeds on lizards, frogs, and small birds.
Leptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus | Diet
Its diet includes frog eggs, tadpoles and frogs.
Sabah keelback | Diet
The diet includes fish, polychaetes, crustaceans, and other cephalopods, often members of its own species.
Loligo forbesii | Biology
They eat dead or decaying plants or fish, and algae.
Planorbella duryi | Diet
The diet is likely to consist of small invertebrates.
Pararhadinaea | Feeding
They choose a wide variety of species for browsing, hence no clear diet specialization is identified.
Dibatag | Diet
Their diet consists of invertebrates (such as insects, crustaceans and worms) and plant matter.
Gold barb | Diet
While in breeding season, they eat insects and spiders. When the season changes, their diet also includes ripe fruit, which quickly passes through their digestive tract. During the winter, their diet consists of fruit, nectar, insects and seeds.
Orchard oriole | Diet
Sumatran orangutans are primarily frugivores, favoring fruits consisting of a large seed and surrounded by a fleshy substance, such as durians, lychees, jackfruit, breadfruit, and fig fruits. Insects are also a huge part of the orangutan's diet; the most consumed types are ants, predominantly of the genus "Camponotus" (at least four species indet.). Their main diet can be broken up into five categories: fruits, insects, leaf material, bark and other miscellaneous food items. Studies have shown that orangutans in the Ketambe area in Indonesia ate over 92 different kinds of fruit, 13 different kinds of leaves, 22 sorts of other vegetable material such as top-sprouts, and pseudo-bulbs of orchids.
Sumatran orangutan | Diet
colini". However, this last hypothesis is the least likely because the research tanks were well oxygenated.
Elacatinus colini | Diet
"S. klauberi" is an insectivore.
Sphaerodactylus klauberi | Diet