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As a reminder, state statutes often have very specific definitions of animals and which statutes apply to them, but below are some general definitions of common terms used when describing categories or types of animals:

 Livestock: animals raised in an agricultural setting, including hoofstock and equines.

 Domestic animals: animals that have been adapted over generations to live alongside humans.

 Pets or companion animals: a domesticated animal kept for companionship or pleasure.

 Small mammals: rodents or other small mammals kept as pets, such as rats, guinea pigs, ferrets, and hedgehogs.

 Avian: any bird.

 Poultry: domestic fowl such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys.

 Reptiles: scaled animals such as snakes, lizards, turtles, and tortoises.

 Amphibians: cold‐blooded animals such as frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders.

 Aquatics: an animal that lives exclusively in water.

Some state statutes also categorize particular animals further as “wildlife” or classify certain species such as large cats or monkeys as “exotics.”