A frugivore is a fruit eater. 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 considered to be common among mammals. Since frugivores eat a lot of fruit they are highly dependent on the abundance and nutritional composition of fruits. Frugivores can either benefit fruit-producing plants by dispersing seeds, or they can negatively affect plants by digesting seeds along with the fruits. When both the fruit-producing plant and the frugivore species benefit by fruit-eating behavior their interaction is called a mutualism.
Read more about Frugivore: Frugivore Seed Dispersal, Plant Adaptations To Attract Dispersers, Frugivore Adaptations For Fruit Consumption, Plant Mechanisms To Delay or Deter Frugivory, Examples, Ecological Significance of Frugivore Seed Dispersal, Conservation