zoology

scientific study of animals
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zoology

Summary

zoology is a branch of biology[1]. zoology ranks in the top 7% of branch_of_biology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,102 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • zoology's instance of is recorded as branch of biology[3].
  • zoology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • zoology's instance of is recorded as academic major[5].
  • zoology's instance of is recorded as field of work[6].
  • zoology is a type of biology[7].
  • zoology is part of biology[8].
  • zoology's Commons category is recorded as Zoology[9].
  • zoology comprises malacology[10].
  • zoology comprises marine biology[11].
  • zoology comprises parasitology[12].
  • zoology comprises zooarchaeology[13].
  • zoology comprises ornithology[14].
  • zoology comprises herpetology[15].
  • zoology comprises ichthyology[16].
  • zoology comprises entomology[17].
  • zoology comprises mammalogy[18].
  • zoology comprises helminthology[19].
  • zoology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zoology[20].
  • zoology's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Animals[21].
  • zoology's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[22].
  • zoology's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23].
  • zoology's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • zoology's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • zoology's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26].
  • zoology's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include branch of biology[3], academic discipline[4], academic major[5], and field of work[6]. zoology is a type of biology[7].

Use and Application

Components include malacology[10], a branch of zoology[28]; marine biology[11], a branch of biology[29]; parasitology[12], a branch of zoology[30]; zooarchaeology[13], an archaeological sub-discipline[31]; ornithology[14], a branch of zoology[32]; and herpetology[15], a branch of zoology[33]. zoology is part of biology[8].

Why It Matters

zoology ranks in the top 7% of branch_of_biology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,102 views/month).[2] zoology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] zoology is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q1227538. Retrieved . ebys.ege.edu.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 15d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) malacology, marine biology, parasitology +7
    History of topic history of zoology
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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