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Animals eating own faecal matter are

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Sanguivorous
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Frugivorous
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C
Coprophagous
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Deteritivorous
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Solution

The correct option is A Coprophagous
Animals which feed on their own faecal matter are called coprophagous animals such as rabbits, hares and termites.
Animals which feed on the blood of other animals are known as sanguivorous such as leech.
The fruit-eating organisms are called frugivorous such as birds.
Detritivorous are the organisms which feed on the dead decaying organic matter such as fungi.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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