The following Outline (list), 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, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of Lists of animals, all animals, both living and Lists of extinct animals, 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

* Acarology - study of mites and ticks * Arthropodology - study of arthropods as a whole **Carcinology - the study of crustaceans ** Myriapodology - study of milli- and centipedes ** Arachnology - study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids ** Entomology - study of insects *** Coleopterology - study of beetles *** Lepidopterology - study of butterflies *** Melittology - study of bees *** Myrmecology - study of ants *** Orthopterology - study of grasshoppers * 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 **Serpentology - study of snakes * Ichthyology - study of fish * Malacology - study of mollusks ** Conchology - study of shells ** Teuthology - study of cephalopods * Mammalogy - study of mammals ** Cetology - study of cetaceans ** Primatology - study of Primate, primates * Ornithology - study of birds * 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 Microorganism, microorganisms that inhabit bodies of water * Protozoology - study of protozoan, the "animal-like" (i.e., motile and heterotrophic) protists * Nematology - study of nematodes (roundworms)

By nature of studies

* Anthrozoology - study of interaction between humans and other animals * Behavioral ecology - study of environmental effects on animal behaviors * Endocrinology - study of endocrine systems * 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 * Paleozoology - the branch of Paleontology that studies animal remains * 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 * Zootomy - Human Anatomy is the study of the structure of humans and their various parts whereas Zootomy specifically refers to animal anatomy *Zoomorphology - The morphology of animals

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 ** Sponge, Porifera (sponges) ** Placozoa * Subkingdom Eumetazoa ** Radiata (unranked) *** Ctenophora (comb jellies) *** Cnidaria *** Trilobozoa extinction, † ** Bilateria (unranked) *** Acoelomorpha *** Tullimonstrum extinction, † *** Proarticulata extinction, † *** Mesozoa (unranked) **** Orthonectida **** Rhombozoa **** Monoblastozoa *** Nephrozoa (unranked) **** Chaetognatha **** Superphylum Deuterostomia ***** Chordata ***** Hemichordata ***** Echinodermata ***** Xenoturbellida ***** Vetulicolia extinction, † **** 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 extinction, † ****** Nemertea ****** Phoronida ****** Bryozoa ****** Entoprocta ****** Brachiopoda ****** Mollusca ****** Annelida

General zoology concepts

*Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy *clade *monophyly *polyphyly *speciation *isolating mechanisms *species **Phenotype, phenetic species **biological species **recognition species **ecological species **Scientific pluralism, 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 (entomologist), William Kirby (father of entomology) * Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke (ornithology, herpetology) * Carl Linnaeus (father of systematics) * Konrad Lorenz (ethology) * David W. Macdonald (mammal, wild mammals) * Ernst Mayr (evolutionary biology, 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) * List of zoologists by author abbreviation, more...

Zoology lists

* Lists of animals * List of ant genera (alphabetical), Ant genera (alphabetical) ** List of the common names of British ant species, British ant species (common names) ** List of non-endemic ant species introduced to Great Britain and Ireland, Non-endemic ant species introduced to Great Britain and Ireland ** List of myrmecology topics, Myrmecology topics * List of amblypygid genera, Amblypygid genera * List of birds, Birds ** List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz County, California ** Sibley–Monroe checklist * List of domesticated animals, Domesticated animals * List of cat breeds, Cat breeds * List of dog breeds, Dog breeds * List of freshwater aquarium fish species, Freshwater aquarium fish species * List of horse breeds, Horse breeds * List of marine reptiles, Marine reptiles * List of externally visible animal parts, Externally visible animal parts * List of endangered species in the US, Endangered species in the U.S. * :Lists of individual animals

References

External links

*''Wikibooks:Invertebrate Zoology, A Study Guide to Invertebrate Zoology'' ~ at ''Wikibooks'' *
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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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Books on Zoology
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