Pixxivoru

Category:Bijoloġija

Fiż-Żooloġija, Pixxivoru (mil-Latin "piscis" - "pixxi-" li tfisser ħuta u "vorare" - "-voru" li tfisser tibla u taħtaf l-ikel), ħafna drabi hija definita bħala kwalunkwe organiżmu li jiekol il-ħut u hija dieta karrnivora speċċjalizzata. Dawn l-annimali normalment huma selettivi ħafna jew jagħżlu bir-reqqa u jkunu jieklu ftit speċi biss.

Eżempji ta' Annimali Pixxivori
Mammiferi: Gennetta ta' l-ilma, il-friefet il-lejl Noctilio leporinus u Myotis vivesi, uħud mil-ispeċi ta' l-iljun tal-baħariljunital-baħar u bumerini, u ħafna speċi ta' dniefel.
Għasafar: Pingwini, Pelikani u kormorani 
Rettili: Garjal, Garjal falz, sriep tal-baħar u l-kukudril tal-ilma mielaħ

Ara Ukoll
Erbivoru
Omnivoru
Karnivoru
Lista ta' l-ivori

Referenzi
Bonner, N. (1994). Seals and Sea Lions of the World. New York: Facts on File.
Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. In Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals no. 4.  Lawrence: The Society for Marine Mammalogy.  ISBN 1-891276-03-4
Altenbach, J. Scott. "Prey Capture by the Fishing Bats Noctilio leporinus and Myotis vivesi." Journal of Mammalogy 70 (1989): 421–424.
Brooke, Anne P. "Diet of the Fishing Bat, Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)." Journal of Mammalogy 75 (1994): 212–218.
Fish, Frank E., Brad R. Blood, and Brian D. Clark. "Hydrodynamics of the Feet of Fish-catching Bats: Influence of the Water Surface on Drag and Morphological Design." The Journal of Experimental Zoology 258 (1991): 164–173.
Lewis-Oritt, Nicole, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, and Robert J. Baker. "Molecular Evidence for Evolution of Piscivory in Noctilio (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)." Journal of Mammalogy 82 (2001): 748–759.

Ħoloq esterni
Paġna ta' informazzjoni dwar il-genetta ta' l-ilma eżempju ċar ta' Pixxivoru fuq is-sit Animal Diversity Web