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herbivore

animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material
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Summary

herbivore is an eating behavior[1]. herbivore draws 4,360 Wikipedia views per month (eating behavior category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: group or class of living things[3]
  • Subclass of: consumer[4], Animalia[5], feeding behavior[6]
  • Commons category: Herbivores[7]
  • Said to be the same as: vegetarian[8]
  • Opposite of: carnivore[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Herbivorous animals[10]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Has characteristic: herbivory[13], trophic level[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • P14541: 31rHnk[16]

Why It Matters

herbivore has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] herbivore is known by 118 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). herbivore. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/herbivore
MLA “herbivore.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/herbivore.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_herbivore_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{herbivore}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/herbivore}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 96
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb'
    Has characteristic → herbivory, trophic level
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-update:1| */ Intended subject of deprecated statement: herbivory, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect herbivory → herbivory ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedire"
  2. 5w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 31rHnk
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Art & architecture thesaurus id: 300250274"
  3. 22w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/herbivory
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Herbivorous animals
    Subclass of → consumer, animal, feeding behavior
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary"
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