10 Animals with Plant-Based Diets

Zee Media Bureau
Mar 20, 2024

Ring-tailed Lemurs

While they have a varied diet, ring-tailed lemurs in Madagascar consume a lot of fruit and leaves, depending on the season.

Fruit Bats

Also known as flying foxes, fruit bats feed on fruit, nectar, and pollen.

Maned Sloths

Like other sloth species, maned sloths are folivores that feed on leaves from a variety of trees.

Colobus Monkeys

Colobus monkeys are adapted to a primarily folivorous diet, eating leaves, fruits, and flowers.

Howler Monkeys

Known for their loud howls, these New World monkeys consume a diet primarily of leaves, supplemented with fruits.

Giant Pandas

Although they belong to the carnivorous bear family, giant pandas have a diet that is over 99% bamboo, which includes both the leaves and shoots.

Sloth Bears

Primarily found in the Indian subcontinent, sloth bears have a diet that heavily features fruits and leaves

Orangutans

Orangutans primarily feed on fruits, along with leaves, bark, and flowers.

Gorillas

While their diet can vary depending on their habitat, gorillas primarily eat leaves, stems, and fruit.

Koalas

Koalas are folivores that feed almost exclusively on the leaves of eucalyptus trees.

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