There are some animals that cannot live without a particular plant.
Like sunlight to the plants these animals MUST have a particular
species of plant for thier survival. Can i have a list of such animals
and the plants they depend on and maybe highlight some from tropical
countries like india.

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Clarification of Question by pallan-ga on 29 Mar 2004 12:53 PST

As the comment says, the question can be clarified as to provide a
list of symbiosis between animals and plants.
I was aked to do a research paper on these animals that exist
symbiotically with a plant or another animal. I got a few suggestions
from my professor but i need more.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 29 Mar 2004 13:02 PST

One example that comes to mind are pandas, who -- I think -- eat
bamboo in the wild, and cannot survive without it.

Is this the sort of example you had in mind?

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Clarification of Question by pallan-ga on 29 Mar 2004 13:31 PST

Yes. That is the lind i need. But i need something that is not a
common knowledge like the pandas.

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Clarification of Question by pallan-ga on 05 Apr 2004 18:20 PDT

I have a very vague idea about two of such conditions, please verify the following:
Silkworm and mulberry.
Lilac insect

Its so-called a symbiosis  between animals and plants.
As example a symbiosis  between Bromeliales type of the plants from
Amazon river and native ants and so on...

(Info from RUssian inet)

I'm not sure if this qualifies but: Koalas and eucalyptus leaves?

Here are a few:

http://www.seacave.com/sym.html

The Koalas and eucalyptus tree is a very good example. I am doing more
on the topic now. I still would like to have more to my list than them
so that i can alter my focus anytime i want to. One interesting thing
i found during the study was that one
site:http://media.berkeley.edu/~jpeng/Koala/barefact.html says that
koalas are solitary animals. And another
site:http://www.thekoala.com/koala/ says that koalas are community
animals and need to live with other koalas. Can you verify whatever is
true?

There are several kinds of caterpillars which eat only the leaves of a
specific plant. The caterpillar of the Karner blue butterfly is one:

"In its early life as a caterpillar, the Karner eats only the leaves
of the wild blue lupine which grow in sandy oak savanna and pine
barrens."

http://www.doi.gov/news/archives/990927.html

Thank you for the Karner blue butterfly caterpillar. That was new to
me. Still waiting for more if any more...

There is a type of Macaw (the Hyacinth, I think) that eats only palm nuts.

Is shellac producing lac insect symbiotic?