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Animals

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This section contains 2459 articles.

General classifications

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This section contains 5 articles.

Animal breeds and hybrids

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This section contains 126 articles.

Cats

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Cattle

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Chickens

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Dogs

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Donkeys

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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Amiatina
  2. Baudet du Poitou
  3. Âne Corse

Goats

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This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Angora goat
  2. Alpine goat
  3. Cashmere goat
  4. Nigerian Dwarf

Horses

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Hybrids

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Pigeons

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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Domestic pigeon
    1. Fancy pigeon
    2. Homing pigeon

Pigs

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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Berkshire pig
  2. Black Iberian pig
  3. Vietnamese Pot-bellied

Rabbits

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Sheep

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Turkeys

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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Broad Breasted White
  2. Norfolk Black

Individual animals

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Vertebrates

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This section contains 1757 articles.

General classifications

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Mammals

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This section contains 663 articles.

Mammals: General

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This section contains 23 articles.

  1. Mammal (Level 3)
    1. Evolution of mammals
  2. Astrapotheria
  3. Colugo
  4. Hyaenodonta
    1. Hyaenodon
  5. Litopterna
    1. Macrauchenia
  6. Marine mammal
  7. Mesonychia
    1. Mesonychidae
  8. Notoungulata
    1. Toxodon
  9. Oxyaenidae
  10. Pangolin (Level 4)
  11. Pantodonta
    1. Coryphodon
  12. Placentalia
  13. Saber-toothed predator
  14. Taeniodonta
  15. Treeshrew
  16. Uintatherium
  17. Ungulate

Bats

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Eulipotyphla

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Lagomorphs

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Perissodactyla

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Carnivora

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This section contains 149 articles.

Carnivora: General
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This section contains 1 article.

  1. Carnivora (Level 4)
Bears
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Canidae
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Felidae
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Mustelidae
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Pinnipeds
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Procyonidae
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This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Procyonidae (Level 4)
  2. Bassaricyon
  3. Cacomistle
  4. Coati
  5. Kinkajou
  6. Raccoon
  7. Ringtail
Other carnivora
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Artiodactyla

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This section contains 152 articles.

  1. Artiodactyla (Level 4)
  2. Ruminant (Level 4)
Bovidae
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Camelidae
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Deer
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Giraffidae
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Pigs
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Other artiodactyla
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Cetaceans
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Primates

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This section contains 122 articles.

Prehistoric humans
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This section contains 58 articles.

Rodents

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This section contains 53 articles.

Afrotheria

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This section contains 34 articles.

Marsupials

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This section contains 40 articles.

Stem-mammals

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Proto-mammals

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Birds

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This section contains 389 articles.

Birds: General

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Accipitrimorphae

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Anseriformes

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This section contains 12 articles.

Cavitaves

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This section contains 16 articles.

Charadriiformes

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Columbiformes

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Cuculiformes

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This section contains 8 articles.

Galliformes

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Gruiformes

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Palaeognathae

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Passerines

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This section contains 86 articles.

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Passerine (Level 4)
Passeri
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This section contains 79 articles.

  1. Songbird (Level 4)
Corvidae
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Passeri: others
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This section contains 67 articles.

  1. Bird-of-paradise (Level 4)
  2. Bowerbird
  3. Honeyeater (Level 4)
  4. Lyrebird (Level 4)
  5. Shrike (Level 4)
  6. Accentor
  7. Australian magpie
  8. Bulbul (Level 4)
  9. Cardinalidae (Level 4)
  10. Dipper
  11. Drongo
  12. Emberiza
  13. Estrildidae
    1. Java sparrow
    2. Gouldian finch
  14. Finch (Level 4)
    1. Atlantic canary
      1. Domestic canary
    2. Crossbill
    3. Hawaiian honeycreeper
  15. Gnatcatcher
  16. Icterid (Level 4)
    1. Red-winged blackbird (Level 4)
  17. Kinglet
  18. Lark (Level 4)
  19. Locustellidae
  20. Manakin
  21. Mockingbird (Level 4)
    1. Northern mockingbird
  22. Motacillidae
    1. Longclaw
    2. Pipit
    3. Wagtail
  23. New World warbler (Level 4)
  24. Nuthatch
  25. Old World flycatcher (Level 4)
    1. Chat (bird)
    2. European robin (Level 4)
    3. Common nightingale (Level 4)
  26. Old World oriole
  27. Old World sparrow (Level 4)
    1. House sparrow (Level 4)
  28. Oxpecker
  29. Penduline tit
  30. Old World warbler
  31. Ploceidae (Level 4)
    1. Red-billed quelea
  32. Starling (Level 4)
    1. Myna
      1. Common hill myna
      2. Common myna (Level 4)
    2. Common starling (Level 4)
  33. Sunbird (Level 4)
  34. Swallow (Level 4)
    1. Barn swallow
    2. Delichon
  35. Tanager
    1. Darwin's finches
  36. Tit (bird) (Level 4)
  37. Thrush (bird) (Level 4)
    1. American robin (Level 4)
    2. Common blackbird
  38. Vireo
  39. Wallcreeper
  40. Waxwing
  41. White-eye
  42. Wren (Level 4)
Tyranni
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Pelecanimorphae

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Procellariiformes

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Psittaciformes

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Sphenisciformes

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Strigiformes

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Prehistoric birds

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Reptiles

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This section contains 299 articles.

Reptiles: General

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Crocodilia

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Lizards and other Squamata

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This section contains 86 articles.

  1. Squamata
    1. Lizard (Level 4)
  2. Amphisbaenia
  3. Cordylidae
  4. Dibamidae
  5. Gecko (Level 4)
    1. Eublepharis
    2. Gekkonidae
      1. Common house gecko
      2. Mediterranean house gecko
      3. Tokay gecko
  6. Gila monster (Level 4)
  7. Lacertidae
    1. Lacerta (genus)
    2. Viviparous lizard
  8. Legless lizard
    1. Anguinae
  9. Monitor lizard
    1. Asian water monitor
    2. Bengal monitor
    3. Komodo dragon (Level 4)
    4. Nile monitor
    5. Perentie
  10. Skink (Level 4)
    1. Blue-tongued skink
  11. Teiidae
    1. New Mexico whiptail
Iguania
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Snakes
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Rhynchocephalia

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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Rhynchocephalia
    1. Pleurosauridae
    2. Tuatara (Level 4)

Turtles

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Dinosaurs

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This section contains 88 articles.

  1. Dinosaur (Level 3)
  2. Feathered dinosaur
  3. Eoraptor
  4. Herrerasaurus
  5. Saurischia
Ornitischians
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Sauropodomorpha
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Theropods
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Pterosaurs

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Other prehistoric archosaurs

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Other prehistoric reptiles

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This section contains 44 articles.

  1. Drepanosauromorpha
  2. Youngina
  3. Hylonomus
  4. Longisquama
  5. Rhynchosauria
  6. Sharovipteryx
  7. Shringasaurus
  8. Tanystropheus
Parareptilia
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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Parareptilia
    1. Pareiasauria
      1. Scutosaurus
Prehistoric squamates
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Choristoderes
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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Choristodera
    1. Champsosaurus
Prehistoric turtles
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This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Archelon
  2. Meiolania
  3. Proganochelys
  4. Stupendemys
Prehistoric marine reptiles
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Reptiliomorphs

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This section contains 3 articles.

Amphibians

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This section contains 55 articles.

Fishes

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This section contains 307 articles.

Fishes: General

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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Fish (Level 3)
  2. Evolution of fish

Fishes by habitat

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Chondrichthyes

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This section contains 48 articles.

  1. Chondrichthyes (Level 4)
Batoidea
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Chimaeriformes
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This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Callorhinchus
  2. Chimaera (Level 4)
  3. Rabbit fish
  4. Spotted ratfish
Sharks
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Osteichthyes (except Actinopterygii)

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Actinopterygii

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This section contains 227 articles.

  1. Actinopterygii (Level 4)
  2. Teleost
Acipenseriformes
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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Paddlefish
  2. Sturgeon (Level 4)
    1. Beluga (sturgeon)
Anguilliformes
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Aulopiformes
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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Bathypterois grallator
  2. Lancetfish
  3. Synodontidae
Characiformes
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Clupeiformes
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Cypriniformes
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Esociformes
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This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Esocoidei
  2. American pickerel
  3. Muskellunge
  4. Northern pike (Level 4)
Gonorynchiformes
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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Gonorynchiformes
  2. Milkfish (Level 4)
Gymnotiformes
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Holosteans
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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Gar
  2. Bowfin
Myctophiformes
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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Myctophiformes
  2. Lanternfish
Osmeriformes and relatives
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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Barreleye
  2. Galaxiidae (Level 4)
  3. Smelt (fish) (Level 4)
Osteoglossiformes
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Acanthomorpha
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This section contains 137 articles.

  1. Perciformes (Level 4)
  2. Acanthuridae
    1. Paracanthurus
  3. Clownfish
  4. Antarctic fishes
    1. Antarctic toothfish
    2. Channichthyidae
  5. Archerfish
  6. Barracuda (Level 4)
  7. Batrachoididae
  8. Beloniformes
    1. Flying fish (Level 4)
    2. Halfbeak
    3. Needlefish
    4. Pacific saury
    5. Ricefish
    6. Wrestling halfbeak
  9. Billfish
    1. Marlin (Level 4)
    2. Sailfish
    3. Swordfish (Level 4)
  10. Black swallower
  11. Blennioidei
    1. Butterflyfish
  12. Caranx
  13. Cichlid (Level 4)
    1. Pterophyllum
    2. Tilapia (Level 4)
  14. Cirrhitidae
  15. Cyprinodontiformes (Level 4)
    1. Four-eyed fish
    2. Guppy (Level 4)
    3. Killifish
    4. Pupfish
  16. Damselfish
  17. Dragonet
  18. Gadiformes
    1. Alaska pollock (Level 4)
    2. Burbot
    3. Cod (Level 4)
      1. Atlantic cod
    4. Grenadiers (fish)
    5. Haddock (Level 4)
    6. Hake
    7. Merlangius
    8. Pollock
  19. Gasterosteoidei
    1. Stickleback (Level 4)
      1. Three-spined stickleback
  20. Gobioidei (Level 4)
    1. Elacatinus
    2. Gobiinae
    3. Mudskipper
  21. Gourami
    1. Siamese fighting fish (Level 4)
  22. John Dory
  23. Lampriformes
    1. Oarfish (Level 4)
      1. Giant oarfish
    2. Opah
    3. Ribbonfish
  24. Anglerfish (Level 4)
    1. Black seadevil
    2. Fanfin
    3. Frogfish
    4. Handfish
    5. Sea toad
    6. Footballfish
    7. Goosefish
  25. Mahi-mahi (Level 4)
  26. Moorish idol
  27. Mullet (fish) (Level 4)
    1. Flathead grey mullet
  28. Murray cod
  29. Nile perch
  30. Ophidiiformes (Level 4)
    1. Cusk-eel
    2. Pearlfish
    3. Viviparous brotula
  31. Parrotfish
  32. Perch (Level 4)
    1. European perch
  33. Pumpkinseed
  34. Pomacanthidae
    1. Emperor angelfish
  35. Platax
  36. Flatfish (Level 4)
    1. Flounder
    2. Halibut
    3. Plaice (Level 4)
    4. Sole (fish)
    5. Turbot (Level 4)
  37. Pomfret
  38. Priacanthidae
  39. Prowfish
  40. Rabbitfish
  41. Remora (Level 4)
  42. Red mullet
  43. Scombridae
    1. Bonito
    2. Mackerel (Level 4)
    3. Spanish mackerel
    4. Tuna (Level 4)
      1. Pacific bluefin tuna
      2. Skipjack tuna
  44. Scorpaeniformes (Level 4)
    1. Flathead (fish)
    2. Lionfish
    3. Sebastinae
    4. Scorpaenidae
    5. Triglidae
  45. Serranidae (Level 4)
    1. Anthias anthias
    2. European seabass (Level 4)
    3. Grouper (Level 4)
  46. Sparidae
  47. Syngnathiformes
    1. Common seadragon
    2. Leafy seadragon
    3. Pipefish
    4. Seahorse (Level 4)
    5. Shrimpfish
    6. Trumpetfish
  48. Tetraodontiformes
    1. Filefish
    2. Ocean sunfish (Level 4)
    3. Ostraciidae
    4. Porcupinefish
    5. Tetraodontidae (Level 4)
      1. Takifugu
    6. Triggerfish
  49. Trachichthyiformes
    1. Anomalopidae
    2. Slimehead
  50. Tilefish
  51. Weever
  52. Wrasse (Level 4)
    1. Humphead wrasse
Polypteriformes
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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Bichir (Level 4)
  2. Reedfish
Salmoniformes
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Siluriformes
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Stomiiformes
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This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Stomiiformes
  2. Gonostomatidae
  3. Marine hatchetfish
  4. Viperfish

Prehistoric fish

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This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Placoderm (Level 4)
    1. Bothriolepis
    2. Dunkleosteus
Prehistoric chondrichthyans
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Prehistoric osteichthyans
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Agnatha

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This section contains 17 articles.

Arthropods

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This section contains 379 articles.

  1. Arthropod (Level 3)

Crustaceans

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This section contains 84 articles.

  1. Crustacean (Level 3)
  2. Argulidae
  3. Barnacle
    1. Pollicipes pollicipes
    2. Lepas anatifera
  4. Branchiopoda
    1. Brine shrimp
      1. Sea-Monkeys
    2. Diplostraca
    3. Notostraca
  5. Copepod
  6. Ostracod (Level 4)

Malacostraca

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This section contains 72 articles.

  1. Malacostraca (Level 4)
  2. Amphipoda
  3. Cumacea
  4. Isopoda
    1. Giant isopod
    2. Ligia
    3. Woodlouse (Level 4)
  5. Krill (Level 4)
  6. Leptostraca
  7. Mantis shrimp
    1. Squilla mantis
Decapoda
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This section contains 61 articles.

  1. Decapod (Level 4)
  2. Axiidea
  3. Stenopodidea
Hermit crabs and relatives
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Crabs
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Crayfishes and lobsters
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Shrimps and prawns
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Arachnids

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This section contains 53 articles.

Insects and other hexapods

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This section contains 210 articles.

  1. Hexapoda (Level 4)

Non-insect hexapods

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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Diplura
  2. Protura
  3. Springtail (Level 4)

Insects: General

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Coleoptera (beetles)

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Blattodea (cockroaches and termites)

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Diptera (flies)

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Hemiptera (true bugs)

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Hymenoptera

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Lepidoptera

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Mantodea (mantises)

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This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Mantis (Level 4)
  2. Dead leaf mantis
  3. Empusidae
  4. Flower mantis
  5. Stick mantis

Odonata

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Orthoptera

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Phasmatodea (stick insects)

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Psocodea

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This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Psocodea
  2. Psocoptera
  3. Louse (Level 4)
    1. Body louse (Level 4)
    2. Crab louse
    3. Head louse

Zygentoma

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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Zygentoma
  2. Firebrat
  3. Silverfish

Myriapoda

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Chelicerata (except arachnids)

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This section contains 4 articles.

Fossil arthropods

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Mollusks

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This section contains 73 articles.

Echinoderms

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Bilateria, others

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This section contains 58 articles.

  1. Bilateria (Level 4)
  2. Deuterostome
  3. Protostome

Chordata (except vertebrates)

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This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Chordate (Level 4)
  2. Lancelet
  3. Tunicate
    1. Ascidiacea
    2. Salp

Ecdysozoa

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Spiralia

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This section contains 34 articles.

Gnathifera

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This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Chaetognatha
  2. Gnathostomulid
  3. Limnognathia
  4. Rotifer
  5. Acanthocephala

Lophotrochozoa

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Bilateria, others

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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Hemichordate
  2. Xenacoelomorpha

Cnidarians

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Porifera

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Other animals

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This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Ctenophora
  2. Dickinsonia
  3. Placozoa
    1. Trichoplax