Aside from insectivore, when an animal eats insects is that animal considered a carnivore?

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2007-08-31 13:09:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology

An insectivore is a carnivore with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures.

2007-09-01 06:09:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

As long as it eats another animal its a carnivore. Insectivore is just a subgroup of a carnivore.

2007-08-31 20:12:23 · answer #2 · answered by dudas_91 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋

I believe carnivore refers to meat-eater. So an anteater is an insectivore.

2007-08-31 21:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋

no it is not.

2007-08-31 20:12:49 · answer #4 · answered by anime-fan 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋