Vertebrate zoology
Vertebrate zoology is the biological discipline that consists of the study of Vertebrate animals, i.e., animals with a backbone, such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. The University of California, Berkeley has a Vertebrate Zoology section where a research was done.[1]
Subdivisions
This subdivision of zoology has many further subdivisions, including:
- Ichthyology - the study of fishes.
- Mammalogy - the study of mammals.
- Ornithology - the study of birds.
- Herpetology - the study of reptiles.
- Batrachology - the study of amphibians.
These divisions are sometimes further divided into more specific specialties.
References
- Star, Susan Leigh (August 1989). "Institutional Ecology, 'Translations' and Boundary Objects: Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology". Social Studies of Science. 19 (3): 387–420. doi:10.1177/030631289019003001. JSTOR 285080.
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