A '''frugivorefruitivore''' ({{IPAc-en|f|r|uː|dʒ|ᵻ|v|ɔːr}}) is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits or succulent fruit-like produce of plants such as roots, shoots, nuts and seeds. Approximately 20% of [[mammal]]ian herbivores eat fruit.<ref name="Dannell">{{Cite book|last1=Danell|first1=Kjell|title=Plant–Animal Interactions: An Evolutionary Approach|last2=Bergström|first2=Roger|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|isbn=978-0632052677|editor-last=Herrera|editor-first=Carlos M.|publication-date=February 2002|chapter=Mammalian herbivory in terrestrial environments|date=February 2002|lccn=2004302984|editor-last2=Pellmyr|editor-first2=Olle}}</ref> Frugivores are highly dependent on the abundance and nutritional composition of fruits. Frugivores can benefit or hinder fruit-producing plants by either dispersing or destroying their seeds through digestion. When both the fruit-producing plant and the frugivore benefit by fruit-eating behavior the interaction is a form of [[Mutualism (biology)|mutualism]].
