Type of animal science: Anatomy, behavior, classification, ecology, evolution Fields of study: Anthropology, ecology, ethology, evolutionary science, human origins, systematics
(taxonomy), wildlife ecology, zoology Baboons are among the most widespread and adaptable of monkeys. Their behavior, ecology, and evolutionary history
may shed light on human origins.
Type of animal science: Classification Fields of study: Anatomy, ecology, physiology, wildlife ecology, zoology Over nine hundred species of bats have been identified, classified in the general order Chiroptera, the second largest
order of mammals.
Type of animal science: Classification Fields of study: Anatomy, conservation biology, evolutionary science, wildlife ecology, zoology Bears are large mammals making up the family Ursidae, that have adapted to habitats as diverse as the sea ice of the
Arctic and the bamboo forests of China.
Type of animal science: Classification, ecology Fields of study: Ecology, systematics (taxonomy), wildlife ecology, zoology Beavers were almost wiped out in North America by the fur trade in the nineteenth century. Now thriving in many
areas, beavers are a keystone species in their ecosystem because their activities modify habitats dramatically.
Type of animal science: Classification Fields of study: Anatomy, entomology, invertebrate biology Over ten thousand species of bees form the order Hymenoptera. Honeybees, the best known, produce honey and
beeswax.
Type of animal science:Anatomy, behavior, classification, ecology, geography, reproduction Fields of study: Anatomy, ecology, entomology, reproduction science, zoology Over 300,000 species of beetles have been identified, classified in the general order Coleoptera, the largest order of animals
in the insect world. Beetles constitute more than 40 percent of the 700,000 known insect species.
Type of animal science: Classification, evolution Fields of study: Anatomy, ecology, evolutionary science, paleontology, systematics (taxonomy) Brachiosaurus was a quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaur whose role as a high browser in Late Jurassic ecosystems
was similar to that of the giraffe today.
Type of animal science:Classification Fields of study: Anatomy, entomology, evolutionary science, invertebrate biology, physiology Approximately 17,000 species of butterflies and 153,000 species of moths have been classified in the general order
Lepidoptera (insects with scaly wings). They exhibit an incredible variety of color, pattern, shape, and size, as well as
the ability to adapt to almost every climate.
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