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Long before Charles Darwin undertook his first voyage, animal taxonomists had begun the scientific classification of animals, plants, and minerals. In the mid-1950s, taxonomist A. J. Cain summarized the state of knowledge about the structure of the living world in his major book Animal Species and Their Evolution. His work remains remarkably current today. Here Cain explains each of the terms by which scientists now classify all animals--from species through genus, family, order, class, and phylum.The work of the modern taxonomist is dependent on the work of paleontologists, field biologists, ecologists, and other specialists who help piece together the puzzle of nature. This seminal text will interest students in each of these areas. It will also appeal to historians of science and to all amateur scientists with an interest in the animal kingdom.Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Dear Colleagues, Zoological institutions contribute a large amount of fundamental and applied knowledge on a diverse array of animal species. Despite this significant contribution, research conducted within zoos or other captive wildlife facilities has historically been skewed toward charismatic mammals, which comprise only a small proportion of the species that are held in captive collections. Modern zoos play an important role in animal welfare, conservation, and environmental education; therefore, this shortfall in knowledge may have large, unseen, and negative impacts on these "forgotten species". Hypothesis-driven, experimental research plays a key role in filling these knowledge gaps; however, other avenues of data collection exist which may be equally important. These include observational data (collected without experimental interventions), operational data (data collected within the general management activities of a facility), and incidental data (data collected for one purpose which may reveal further important information when explored in more detail). These unpublished datasets may provide fundamental information on species for which comparatively little is known.
Animal species. --- Animals --- Species --- Classification
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Animal species --- Animals --- Evolution (Biology)
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Animal species. --- Animals --- Evolution (Biology). --- Variation.
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Animal species --- Animals --- Evolution (Biology) --- Variation
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Animal genetics. Animal evolution --- Zoology --- Evolution --- Zoologie --- Classification --- Animal species --- Animals
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A comprehensive and practical guide to Queensland's threatened animals.
Endangered species. --- Endangered animal species --- Endangered animals --- Endangered wildlife --- Threatened animal species --- Threatened animals --- Threatened species --- Threatened wildlife --- Vanishing species --- Vanishing wildlife --- Wildlife, Endangered --- Wildlife, Threatened --- Wildlife, Vanishing --- Species --- Wildlife conservation --- Rare animals
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