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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the beginning of the Upper Triassic, rhynchosaurs were still the dominant herbivores.
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Final evidence that rhynchosaurs were herbivorous is that they occurred in large numbers; in general we expect the herbivores to outnumber carnivores.
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If the ground is covered with snow, how does this affect the herbivores?
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In herbivores particularly, but also in most animals and babies, defecation takes place more than once per day.
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It is known that attacks on plants by herbivores reduce the quality of the tissues for subsequent feeding.
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On the other hand, there is good evidence that Hyperodapedon was a herbivore .
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The basic food of herbivores is plants, so even the largest carnivorous animals are indirectly dependent on plants.
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Thus population numbers of small herbivores, in circumstances of limited food production, cycle over periods of three to four years.