- Outline of zoology
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Zoology is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to zoology:
Contents
Essence of zoology
Main article: ZoologyBranches of zoology
- Acarology
- Anthrozoology
- Arachnology
- Batrachology
- Cetology
History of zoology
- Main articles: Timeline of zoology, History of zoology (through 1859) and History of zoology (since 1859)
Animals (by common name)
Main articles: Animals and Lists of animalsSome well-known types of animals, listed by their common names:
General zoology concepts
- taxonomy
- the clade
- monophyly
- polyphyly
- speciation
- isolating mechanisms
- concept of species
- the phenetic species concept
- the biological species concept
- the recognition species concept
- the ecological species concept
- the pluralistic species concept
Notable zoologists
Main article: List of zoologists by author abbreviationIn alphabetical order by surname:
- Louis Agassiz (malacology, ichthyology)
- Aristotle
- Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
- Archie Carr (Herpetology, esp. sea turtles)
- Archie Carr III, (wild mammals)
- Eugenie Clark (Ichthyology)
- Jeff Corwin (most animals)
- Georges Cuvier (founder of comparative morphology)
- Charles Darwin (formulated modern theory of evolution)
- Richard Dawkins (ethology)
- Dian Fossey (primatology)
- Birutė Galdikas (primatology)
- Jane Goodall (primatology)
- Arthur Davis Hasler (limnology, ichthyology, salmon homing)
- Victor Hensen (planktology)
- Libbie Hyman (invertebrate zoology)
- Steve Irwin (herpetology)
- William Kirby (father of entomology)
- Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke (ornithology, herpetology)
- Carolus Linnaeus (father of systematics)
- Konrad Lorenz (ethology)
- David W. Macdonald (wild mammals)
- Ernst Mayr (evolutionary biologist)
- Desmond Morris (ethology)
- Ron Nowak (wild mammals)
- Richard Owen (proposed archetypes for major groups of organisms)
- Roger Tory Peterson (ornithology)
- William Emerson Ritter (marine biology)
- Thomas Say (entomology)
- Jakob von Uexküll (animal behavior, invertebrate zoology)
- Ernest P. Walker (wild mammals)
- E. O. Wilson (entomology, founder of sociobiology)
Zoology lists
- Lists of animals
- Ant genera (alphabetical)
- British ant species (common names)
- Non-endemic ant species introduced to Great Britain and Ireland
- Myrmecology topics
- Amblypygid genera
- Birds
- Domesticated animals
- Cat breeds
- Dog breeds
- Freshwater aquarium fish species
- Horse breeds
- Marine reptiles
- Externally visible animal parts
- Endangered species in the U.S.
- Category:Lists of historical animals
Further reading
- Tree of Life Project
- Animal Diversity Web - University of Michigan's database of animals, showing taxonomic classification, images, and other information.
- ARKive - multimedia database of worldwide endangered/protected species and common species of UK.
- Scientific American Magazine (December 2005 Issue) - Getting a Leg Up on Land About the evolution of four-limbed animals from fish.
See also
- List of Russian zoologists
External links
- A Study Guide to Invertebrate Zoology ~ at Wikibooks
- An online encyclopedia of zoology
- Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
- An online dissection pictures of animals
- Dictionary.com's discussion of pronunciation
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