Enlist various categories of consumers giving examples of each.

1.	Enlist various categories of consumers giving examples of each.
Answer» The various categories of consumers are: Herbivores — Grass eating animals, e.g., deer, rabbit. Carnivores — Flesh eating animals, e.g., tiger, lion. Omnivores — Animals that eat both plants and other small animals i.e., flesh e.g., crow, human being. Parasites — Those organisms which depend on other living organisms and harm them for food, e.g., lice, tapeworm. Saprophytes — Organisms that depend on dead and decaying matter for their food, e.g., fungi, bacteria.

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The various categories of consumers are:

Herbivores — Grass eating animals, e.g., deer, rabbit.

Carnivores — Flesh eating animals, e.g., tiger, lion.

Omnivores — Animals that eat both plants and other small animals i.e., flesh e.g., crow, human being.

Parasites — Those organisms which depend on other living organisms and harm them for food, e.g., lice, tapeworm.

Saprophytes — Organisms that depend on dead and decaying matter for their food, e.g., fungi, bacteria.

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