Outline 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
      • Lepidopterology - study of butterflies
      • Melittology - study of bees
      • Myrmecology - study of ants
      • Orthopterology - study of grasshoppers
  • Myriapodology - study of milli- and centipedes
  • Arachnology - study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids
    • Acarology - study of mites and ticks
• 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
  • Serpentology
    - study of snakes
  • - study of crocodiles
  • Ornithology - study of birds
  • Mammalogy - study of mammals
    • Cetology - study of cetaceans
    • Primatology - study of primates
• 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
  • 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:

• 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^{[citation needed]}
      • Superphylum
        Deuterostomia
        • Chordata
        • Hemichordata
        • Echinodermata
        • Xenoturbellida
        • Vetulicolia †
      • Protostomia
        (unranked)
        • Superphylum Ecdysozoa
          • Kinorhyncha
          • Loricifera
          • Priapulida
          • Nematoda
            (nematodes)
          • Nematomorpha
          • Onychophora
          • Tardigrada
          • 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
• 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
• cheloniology
  )
• Eugenie Clark (ichthyology)
• Jeff Corwin (most animals)
• comparative morphology
  )
• 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 - 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