Insectivores animals.

[hedoba]

Hi, besides the obvious aardvark and Meerkat, I need a list of all insectivores animals in game for a project I have in mind.
I have tried the wiki but it only list carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Could anyone help please?

[Andrasta]

Anteater is obvious, too.

[helleray]

In game or in real life?
A lot of animals that eat insects eat other stuff as well so its difficult to differentiate insectivores.
In real life the following animals eat insects: * = insects are main diet

Aardvark*
Amazonian Giant Centipede*
American Bullfrog*
Arctic Fox
Asian small-clawed otter
Axolotl*
Binturong
Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula*
Bonobo
Bornean Orangutan
Chinese Pangolin*
Colombian White Faced Capucin*
Common Ostrich
Common Warthog
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Dingo
Eastern Blue Tongued Lizard*
Emu*
European Badger*
Fennec Fox*
Fire Salamander*
Formosan Black Bear
Giant Anteater*
Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion*
Giant Forest Scorpion*
Gila Monster*
Golden Poison Frog*
Goliath Birdeater
Goliath Frog*
Greater Flamingo
Gharial (when juvenile)
Himalayan Brown Bear
Indian Peafowl
Japanese Macaque
Komodo Dragon (when juvenile)
Lar gibbon
Lehmann's Poison Frog*
Mandrill
Maned Wolf
Meerkat*
Mexican Red Knee Tarantula*
Nile Monitor
Nine Banded Armadillo*
Platypus*
Proboscis Monkey
Raccoon*
Red crowned crane*
Red eyed tree frog*
Red fox
Red panda
Red River Hog
Ring Tailed Lemur
Sand Cat
Siamang
Sloth Bear*
Spectacled Caiman*
Spotted Hyena
Southern Cassowary
Striped Skunk*
Sun Bear*
Tasmanian Devil*
Western Chimpanzee*
Western Lowland Gorilla
Wolverine

[Andrasta]

@helleray
Thanks for your work, but this list is not correct. Spectacled Caiman (Caiman yacare) eats mainly fish, not insects. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) eats meat, mainly carrion and live prey. Raccoons are omnivores and insects are not their main diet. Chimpanzee eat mainly plant based diet. Won't check the whole list.

[hedoba]

that's a long list lol! could you please separate by main and occasional diet please?

[Just Kevin]

Chimps will even kill to eat

[Just Kevin]

In that long list the * says what creatures mostly eat insects. And I think you should award a medal for that list!

[hedoba]

Well thanks everyone! I am normally clued up when it comes to zoology knowledge but I just finished a week of 72 hours of night shifts and my brain feels frazzled lol.
I want to make a park on the bug theme featuring insects and insectivores alike but I think ill stick to main diet ones/those able to use insects enrichment.

[hedoba]

Originally posted by Just Kevin:

Chimps will even kill to eat

Yeah, i know! those pompous other scientists didn't believe Jane Goodall when she first reported it being observed by herself!

[helleray]

Sorry if the list isn't perfect, I was just trying to help. Western chimps eat more insects than other subspecies of chimp but not necessarily their main diet food.

[hedoba]

Originally posted by helleray:

Sorry if the list isn't perfect, I was just trying to help. Western chimps eat more insects than other subspecies of chimp but not necessarily their main diet food.

It's perfectly fine! You must have spent a lot of time on that list! I can pick and choose from that list, So it's still very useful to have a base to work from, so Thanks! I gave you some points for your trouble too!

[Tonks]

Originally posted by helleray:

Sorry if the list isn't perfect, I was just trying to help. Western chimps eat more insects than other subspecies of chimp but not necessarily their main diet food.

It's a solid attempt to answer the question to the best of your knowledge, I don't think you need to apologise at all.

A nice thing about these forums is being able to share info from different sources to collab towards a good answer and your input has provided a solid platform for discussion.

[hedoba]

Originally posted by Tonks:

Originally posted by helleray:

Sorry if the list isn't perfect, I was just trying to help. Western chimps eat more insects than other subspecies of chimp but not necessarily their main diet food.

It's a solid attempt to answer the question to the best of your knowledge, I don't think you need to apologise at all.

A nice thing about these forums is being able to share info from different sources to collab towards a good answer and your input has provided a solid platform for discussion.

I second that!