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SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS

TABULAR VIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE ANIMAL TYPES

ANIMALS IN CLASSIFIED GROUPS:

I. Wild Animals:

 1(1) The Mammals: (a) The Monkey Tribe; (b) Animals of Prey; (c) Gnawing Animals; (d) Hoofed Animals; (e) Toothless Animals; (f) Thick-Skinned Animals; (g) Pouched Animals; (h) Flying Animals; (i) The Seals; (j) The Whales.

 1(2) The Birds: (a) Birds of Prey; (b) Climbing Birds; (c) Singing Birds; (d) Wading Birds; (e) Swimming Birds; (f) Running Birds; (g) Game Birds.

 1(3) The Reptiles: Lizards; Chameleons; Snakes; Crocodiles; Tortoises; Turtles.

 1(4) Amphibians: Frogs; Toads; Salamanders.

 1(5) The Fishes: (a) Bony Fishes; (b) Cartilaginous Fishes; (c) Armored Fishes; (d) Lungfishes.

 1(6) The Molluscs: Snails; Cuttlefish; Squids; Octopus; Tusk Shells; Bivalves; Oysters.

 1(7) Jointed-Limbed Animals: Crabs; Lobsters; Scorpions; Spiders; Insects; Grasshoppers.

 1(8) Butterflies and Moths: Straight-Winged Insects; Ants and Bees; Flies.

 1(9) Starfishes and Sea-urchins.

 (10) Simplest Forms of Life.

II. Domesticated Animals:

 1(1) Domesticated Mammals: Alpaca; Ass; Camel; Cat; Cattle; Dog; Elephant; Gayal; Goat; Guinea Pig; Horse; Llama; Rabbit; Reindeer; Sheep; Swine; Yak; Zebu.

 1(2) Domesticated Birds: Canary; Chickens or Fowls; Guinea; Goose; Ostrich; Parrot; Peacock; Pigeon; Swan; Turkey.

 1(3) Domesticated Insects: Bee; Cochineal; Silkworm Moth.

PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS CONCERNING ANIMALS

WORLD MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE

MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE

Large map (318 kB)

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS. MAMMALS: The Monkey Tribe; Animals of Prey; Hoofed Animals; Gnawing Animals; Thick-skinned Animals; Toothless Animals; Pouched Animals; Flying Mammals; The Seal Family; Whales. BIRDS: Song Birds; Birds of Prey; Game Birds; Running Birds; Wading Birds; Swimming Birds. CROCODILES AND OTHER REPTILES. FROGS AND OTHER AMPHIBIA. FISHES. LOBSTERS AND CRABS. INSECTS: Beetles, Butterflies and Moths; Ants; Bees and Wasps; Spiders; Grasshoppers and Locusts; Flies and Mosquitoes. SIMPLE MARINE ANIMALS: Starfish; Jellyfish; Corals; Sponges; Protozoa. DOMESTICATED ANIMALS: Domesticated Mammals; Domesticated Birds; Domesticated Fish and Insects. DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS.

Of all the sciences, Zoology is the most extensive. It is estimated that over two million species of living creatures exist in the world. Between the elephant and the whale, the giants of animal creation, and the mite that is just discernible with the human eye, there are myriads of creatures differing in size, form and habit.