What type of consumer is a tree kangaroo?

Answer 1

The koala is a primary consumer in the food chain. This because koalas are herbivores that eat eucalyptus leaves, or plants. In the food chain, animals that eat grass and plants are called primary consumers. Animals that are carnivores or omnivores are secondary consumers.

Answer 2

Yes. The koala cannot produce its own food, so it is a consumer. A consumer is an organism that eats other organic matter (in the case of the koala, it eats eucalyptus leaves) to gain energy to survive.

Answer 3

It depends on the species.

The majority of kangaroo species are herbivores, and therefore primary consumers.

However, there are several smaller species of kangaroo, such as the musky rat-kangaroo, which are omnivores. These could be considered secondary consumers.

Answer 4

A koala must be a consumer. It cannot be a producer as it is not a plant, and it cannot be a decomposer because it is neither bacteria nor fungi.

Answer 5

The koala is a first level consumer, because it is a herbivore.

Answer 6

Koalas are primary consumers.

Answer 7

herbivore