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granivorous

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granivorous
feeding on grain.


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PREDATORS The old-house community is replete with granivorous and scavenging insects, and consequently is an energy resource for predators--and old houses are well supplied with predators.
rattus and Eliurus species are semiarboreal or arboreal frugivores (in the broad sense) but the latter appear less granivorous and are more specialized for arboreal life.
Eastern chipmunks are predominantly herbivorous and granivorous (Mumford & Whitaker 1982); however, we expected chipmunks to forage on cicadas.
 
 
 
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