"Large herbivores" refers to big animals that eat plants as their main source of food. These animals do not eat other animals, but rather survive by consuming grass, leaves, or other vegetation. Full definition
In 2005 Zimov argued in Science that establishing herds of large herbivores in Siberia might one day change the region's scrubby, swampy tundra back to the grasslands that once stretched from one side of Eurasia to the other. (discovermagazine.com)
Evidence from isotopic data on Early Holocene bison and other large herbivores in northern Europe. (senckenberg.de)
Native vegetation bounced back, and populations of large herbivores such as kangaroos increased. (sciencemag.org)