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Fig frugivores

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus)

 

Fig-eating by Vertebrate Frugivores:

A Global Review

Mike Shanahan's web page that has cross-referenced lists of fig tree species and vertebrate species that feed on figs.
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Bats

Epauletted Fruit Bat taking flight after feeding on figs of Ficus bubu in South Africa.

Photograph © Duncan Butchart
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Birds

African Green Pigeon feeding on figs of Ficus sansibarica in South Africa.

Photograph © Duncan Butchart
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Chimpanzee

Chimp feeding on figs of Ficus ottoniifolia lucanda in Kibale National Park (Uganda).

Photograph © Diogo Verissimo.
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Humans

Do we eat fig wasps when we eat figs?

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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