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Branches of
Zoology
The study of
insects.
Entomology
The study of
mammals.
Mammology
The study of parasites, which
are organisms that obtain
food and shelter by living on
or within another organism.
Parasitology
The study of
behavior.
Ethology
The study of
heredity.
Genetics
The study of
reptiles &
amphibians.
Herpetology
The study of the ways in which animals
influence the people they interact with.
Focuses on how the history of
civilization has adapted to the animals
they share their environment with and
utilize animals for food, clothing, work,
worship, and companionship.
Ethnozoology
The study of
primates.
Primatology
The study of
body functions
in animals.
Physiology
The study of humankind. It studies
all facets of society and culture.
It studies tools, traditions,
language, beliefs, kinships,
values, social institutions, &
cravings for beauty and art.
Anthropology
The study of
prehistoric
organisms.
Paleontology
The study of still unknown
species of animals.
Examples include Loch
Ness Monster and
Sasquatch.
Cryptozoology
The naming and
classifying
animals
Taxonomy
The study
of fish.
Ichthyology
The study
of birds.
Ornithology
Studying the changes
of organisms over
LONG periods of
time.
Evolution
The study of the
formation and
development of
organisms.
Embryology
The study of
interrelationship or
organisms and their
environment.
Ecology