The transfer pollen takes with the help of living things from one flower to another is known as biotic pollinators.
Ex: Insects, Birds, Bats, Reptiles, and Mammals
Zoophily is a form of pollination whereby pollen is transferred by animals- Ornithophily – pollination by bird. Ex: Hummingbird, Sunbird and Honeyeater.
- Chiropterophily – pollination by bat
- But also by monkeys, marsupials, lemurs, bears, rabbits, deer, rodents, and lizards (gecko lizard and garden lizard), take part in pollination
- Entomophily – pollination by insect
- Cantharophily: pollination by beetle.
- Myrmecophily – pollination by ant
- Melittophily or hymenopterophily – pollination by bees. Most of the pollination takes place through honeybees. So due to this bees are the dominant biotic pollinating agents.
- Psychophily – pollination by butterfly, example the Indian paintbrush
- Sapromyiophily – pollination by flies such as the carrion
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