Oligophagous

Japanese: oligophagous
Oligophagous

… In addition to this, there is also a classification of feeding habits based on the number of different organisms they eat. These include monophagous (eating only one type of organism), stenophagous or oligophagous (eating only a few types of organisms), and euryphagous or polyphagous (eating many types of organisms). This is an important concept in animal ecology. Diet and feeding habits, that is, what to eat and how to eat, are fundamentally separate issues, but are often confused. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "oligophagous" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… これとは別に,食べている生物の種類の多少に着目した食性の分け方もある。それは,単食性monophagous(ただ1種の生物しか食べない),狭食性stenophagousまたは少食性oligophagous(少数種の生物を食べる),広食性euryphagousまたは多食性polyphagous(多数種の生物を食べる)という区分であって,動物生態学では重要な概念である。 なお,食性と採食習性,つまり何を食べるかと,どうやって食べるかは,基本的には別の問題だが,しばしば混同されている。…

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