Zoology
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Zoology is the branch of Biology that studies the animal kingdom. Biologists specialize in a wide number of zoology disciplines whose investigations include animal structures, functions, growth, origin, evolution, and distributions.
Aristotle is said to be the father of zoology. The word zoology comes from the Greek words zoon which means animal and logos which means word or study. Fauna means all the animal life in a particular region or period.
Zoology Disciplines
- Ornithology - study of birds
- Ichthyology - study of fishes
- Herpetology - study of reptiles
- Entomology - study of insects
- Invertebrate zoology - study of invertebrates
- Animal husbandry - management and care of animals
- Cell biology
- Animal Genetics
- Anatomy
- Animal Ecology
- Paleozoology
Kingdom Animalia
The Animal Kingdom includes many invertebrate phyla and the phylum Chordata. Please use the taxonomy template for animals when constructing new animal pages.
Animal Phyla
- Chordata - (vertebrates)
- Porifera - (sponges)
- Echinodermata - (sea urchins, sea cucumbers, starfish)
- Cnidaria - (jellyfish, corals, anemones)
- Ctenophora - (comb jellies)
- Annelida - (earth worms, leeches)
- Platyhelminthes - (flukes, tapeworms)
- Nematoda - (hookworms, pinworms)
- Arthropoda - (lobsters, crabs, insects)
- Mollusca - (shellfish, squid, snails,slugs)
- Rotifera - (rotifers)
- Chordata - (tunicates, lancelets, and vertebrates)
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