Study Types Flashcards

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Anthrozoology

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(also called human–animal studies or HAS) is the study of human-animal interaction.

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Acarology

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The study of mites and ticks

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Arachnology

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the scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, collectively called arachnids.

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Batrachology

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further sub-discipline of herpetology concerned with the study of amphibians alone.

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Cetology

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branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoise in the scientific order Cetacea.

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Ethology

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the scientific and objective study of animal behavior, and a sub-topic of zoology.

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Herpetology

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the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads,
salamanders, newts, and gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins,
tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras)

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Ichthyology

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The branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish.

This includes skeletal fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha)

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Mammalogy

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the study of mammals a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four chambered hearts, and complex nervous system.

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Myrmecology

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scientific study of ants.

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Neuroethology

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refers to the study of the neural basis of natural behavior of animals and its underlying mechanistic control by the nervous system.

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Ornithology

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branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Paleozoology

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The recovery and identification of multicellular animal remains from geological (or even archeological) contexts, and the use of these fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric environments and ancient ecosystems

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Parasitology

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the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them.

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Protozoology

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study of protozoa, studies the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife

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Nematology

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the scientific discipline concerned with the study of nematodes, or roundworms

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Malacology

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branch of zoology dealing with mollusks: invertebrate creatures with soft, unsegmented bodies, many of which house themselves in shells. these animals include snails, slugs, clams, mussels, octopus, squid, and many other kinds of animals without backbones that are often found in the sea, but sometimes in lakes and rivers, and on land.

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Helminthology

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study of worms, especially parasitic worms.