Omnivore: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Omnivores are organisms that consume on both plants and animals.

At one time the word omnivore was used to designate the pig family.

Examples:

• Mammals
  • many pigs
  • many bears
  • many primates (including humans)
  • domestic dogs
  • some rodents
  • opossums
• Birds
  • Rails
  • Rhea
  • most Gulls

Related

• carnivore
• herbivore
• insectivore