A frugivore /fruːdʒɪvɔːr/ is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits, succulent fruit-like vegetables, roots, shoots, nuts and seeds. It can be any type of herbivore or omnivore where fruit is a preferred food type. Because approximately 20% of all mammalian herbivores also eat fruit, frugivory is common among mammals.[1] Since frugivores eat a lot of fruit, they are highly dependent on the abundance and nutritional composition of fruits.