If a dry season be gradually prolonged, the large mammal will suffer from the drought sooner than the small one; if such alteration of climate affect the quantity of vegetable food, the bulky herbivore will first feel the effects of stinted nourishment; if new enemies be introduced, the large and conspicuous animal will fall a prey while the smaller kinds conceal themselves and escape.
"The Romance of Natural History, Second Series"
Philip Henry Gosse
As yet even the two general types of herbivore and carnivore are so imperfectly separated that it is not always possible to distinguish between them.
"The Story of Evolution"
Joseph McCabe