The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to zoology: Zoology – study of animals. Zoology, or "animal biology", is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the identification, structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. The term is derived from Ancient Greek word ζῷον (zōon), i.e. "animal" and λόγος, (logos), i.e. "knowledge, study". To study the variety of animals that exist (or have existed), see list of animals by common name and lists of animals.
Essence of zoology Animal Fauna
Branches of zoology
Branches by group studied Arthropodology - study of arthropods as a whole Carcinology - the study of crustaceans Entomology - study of insects Coleopterology - study of beetles Dipterology - study of flies Hemipterology - study of true bugs Lepidopterology - study of butterflies and moths Melittology - study of bees Myrmecology - study of ants Odonatology - study of dragonflies and damselflies Orthopterology - study of grasshoppers and crickets Myriapodology - study of millipedes and centipedes Arachnology - study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids Acarology - study of mites and ticks Araneology - study of spiders Scorpiology - study of scorpions Ichthyology - study of fish Malacology - study of mollusks Conchology - study of shells Teuthology - study of cephalopods Nematology - study of nematodes (roundworms) Herpetology - study of amphibians and reptiles Batrachology - study of amphibians including frogs and toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians Cheloniology - study of turtles and tortoises Saurology - study of lizards Ophiology - study of snakes Ornithology - study of birds Mammalogy - study of mammals Cetology - study of cetaceans Felinology - study of cats Hippology - study of horses Primatology - study of primates Rodentology - study of rodents Parasitology - study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them Helminthology - study of parasitic worms (helminths) Planktology - study of plankton, various small drifting plants, animals and microorganisms that inhabit bodies of water Protozoology - study of protozoan, the "animal-like" (i.e., motile and heterotrophic) protists
By nature of studies Anatomy - the study of the internal structure of animals Comparative anatomy - comparative anatomy of different animals Dermatology - study of skin Embryology - study of embryonic development Histology - study of tissues Osteology - study of bones Anthrozoology - study of interaction between humans and other animals Behavioral ecology - study of environmental effects on animal behaviors Biochemistry - study of the chemical constituents and metabolic pathways of animal cells Biotechnology - manipulation of animal cells using genetic engineering and related technology Cytology - study of cells Ethology - study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait Neuroethology - study of animal behavior and its underlying mechanistic control by the nervous system Genetics - study of inheritance and gene expression Epigenetics - study of factors affecting gene expression Mendelian genetics - genetics based on Mendelian inheritance Molecular genetics - study of gene expression and behaviour Non-Mendelian genetics - genetics that does not follow Mendel's laws Morphology - the study of the external structure of animals Anatomy - internal morphology Eidonomy - external morphology Pathology - the study of diseases Paleozoology - the branch of Paleontology that studies animal remains Physiology - the study of functioning of body systems Andrology - study of the male reproductive tract Cardiology - study of the heart and cardiovascular system Endocrinology - study of endocrine systems Gastroenterology - study of the digestive system Gynaecology - study of the female reproductive tract Immunology - study of the immune system Myology - study of muscles Nephrology - study of the urinary system Neurology - study of the neural system Pulmonology - study of the respiratory system Zooarchaeology - study of animal remains in relation to ancient people Zoogeography - Zoogeography is the scientific study of geographical distribution of animal species (both historic and contemporary) in the world Zoography - Zoography is study of animals and their habitats (also known as descriptive zoology) Zoometry - is a sub-division of zoology that deals with measurements (length or size) of animal parts
History of zoology Timeline of zoology History of zoology (through 1859) History of zoology (since 1859)
Animals Animals
Lists of animals
Taxonomy of Animalia Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Placozoa Subkingdom Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Trilobozoa † Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Tullimonstrum † Proarticulata † Mesozoa (unranked) Orthonectida Rhombozoa Monoblastozoa Nephrozoa (unranked) Chaetognatha Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Xenoturbellida Vetulicolia † Protostomia (unranked) Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda (nematodes) Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda - includes insects, arachnids (spiders), myriapods, and crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, etc.) Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Hyolitha † Nemertea Phoronida Bryozoa Entoprocta Brachiopoda Mollusca Annelida
General zoology concepts taxonomy Selection breed Natural selection Breed Cross breed Pure breed Hybrid clade monophyly polyphyly speciation isolating mechanisms species phenetic species biological species recognition species ecological species pluralistic species
Notable zoologists In alphabetical order by surname:
Louis Agassiz (malacology, ichthyology) Aristotle Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre Archie Carr (herpetology, esp. cheloniology) 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) Victor Hensen (planktology) Libbie Hyman (invertebrate zoology) Steve Irwin (herpetology) William Kirby (father of entomology) Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke (ornithology, herpetology) Carl Linnaeus (father of systematics) Konrad Lorenz (ethology) David W. Macdonald (wild mammals) Ernst Mayr (evolutionary biologist) Desmond Morris (ethology) 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) E. O. Wilson (entomology, founder of sociobiology) more...
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 Santa Cruz County, California Sibley–Monroe checklist 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 individual 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[link removed] - 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 Outline of biology#Zoology
References
External links
A Study Guide to Invertebrate Zoology ~ at Wikibooks An online encyclopedia of zoology Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology Books on Zoology at Project Gutenberg