Outline of zoology
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 ζῷον, zōon, i.e. "animal" and λόγος, logos, i.e. "knowledge, study". To study the variety of animals that exist, see list of animals by common name and lists of animals.
Essence of zoology
Branches by group studied
- Acarology - study of mites and ticks
- Arachnology - study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids
- Arthropodology - study of arthropods as a whole
- 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
- Ichthyology - study of fish
- Malacology - study of mollusks
- * Conchology - study of shells
- * Teuthology - study of cephalopods
- Mammalogy - study of mammals
- * Cetology - study of cetaceans
- Myriapodology - study of milli- and centipedes
- Ornithology - study of birds
- Parasitology - study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them
- * Helminthology - parasitic worms
- Planktology - study of plankton, various small drifting plants, animals and microorganisms that inhabit bodies of water
- Primatology - study of primates
- Protozoology - study of protozoan, the "animal-like" protists
- Nematology - study of nematodes
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
- Paleozoology - the branch of Paleontology that studies animal remains
- Neuroethology - study of animal behavior and its underlying mechanistic control by the nervous system
- Ethology - study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait
- Zooarchaeology - study of animal remains in relation to ancient people
History of zoology
- Timeline of zoology
- History of zoology
- History of zoology
Animals
- Lists of animals
Taxonomy of Animalia
- Subkingdom Parazoa
- * Porifera
- * Placozoa
- Subkingdom Eumetazoa
- * Radiata
- ** Ctenophora
- ** Cnidaria
- ** Trilobozoa †
- * Bilateria
- ** Acoelomorpha
- ** Tullimonstrum †
- ** Proarticulata †
- ** Mesozoa
- *** Orthonectida
- *** Rhombozoa
- *** Monoblastozoa
- ** Nephrozoa
- *** Chaetognatha
- *** Superphylum Deuterostomia
- **** Chordata
- **** Hemichordata
- **** Echinodermata
- **** Xenoturbellida
- **** Vetulicolia †
- *** Protostomia
- **** Superphylum Ecdysozoa
- ***** Kinorhyncha
- ***** Loricifera
- ***** Priapulida
- ***** Nematoda
- ***** Nematomorpha
- ***** Onychophora
- ***** Tardigrada
- ***** Arthropoda - includes insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans
- **** Superphylum Platyzoa
- ***** Platyhelminthes
- ***** Gastrotricha
- ***** Rotifera
- ***** Acanthocephala
- ***** Gnathostomulida
- ***** Micrognathozoa
- ***** Cycliophora
- **** Superphylum Lophotrochozoa
- ***** Sipuncula
- ***** Hyolitha †
- ***** Nemertea
- ***** Phoronida
- ***** Bryozoa
- ***** Entoprocta
- ***** Brachiopoda
- ***** Mollusca
- ***** Annelida
General zoology concepts
- taxonomy
- clade
- monophyly
- polyphyly
- speciation
- isolating mechanisms
- species
- *phenetic species
- *biological species
- *recognition species
- *ecological species
- *pluralistic species
Notable zoologists
- Louis Agassiz
- Aristotle
- Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
- Archie Carr
- Eugenie Clark
- Jeff Corwin
- Georges Cuvier
- Charles Darwin
- Richard Dawkins
- Dian Fossey
- Birutė Galdikas
- Jane Goodall
- Victor Hensen
- Libbie Hyman
- Steve Irwin
- William Kirby
- Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke
- Carl Linnaeus
- Konrad Lorenz
- David W. Macdonald
- Ernst Mayr
- Desmond Morris
- Richard Owen
- Roger Tory Peterson
- William Emerson Ritter
- Thomas Say
- Jakob von Uexküll
- E. O. Wilson
- more...
Zoology lists
- Lists of animals
- Ant genera
- * British ant species
- * 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