Organisms

Wild Animals

Animals considered to be wild or feral or not adapted for domestic use. It does not include wild animals in zoos for which ANIMALS, ZOO is available.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Animals considered to be wild or feral or not adapted for domestic use. It does not include wild animals in zoos for which ANIMALS, ZOO is available.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Animals, Wild
  • Animal, Wild
  • Wild Animal
  • Animals, Feral
  • Animals, Nondomestic
  • Animals, Nondomesticated
  • Stray Animals
  • Animal, Feral
  • Animal, Nondomestic
  • Animal, Nondomesticated
  • Animal, Stray
  • Animals, Stray
  • Feral Animal
  • Feral Animals
  • Nondomestic Animal
  • Nondomestic Animals
  • Nondomesticated Animal
  • Nondomesticated Animals
  • Stray Animal

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; do not routinely add as a coordinate with animals ordinarily considered wild such as LIONS; BEARS; etc.

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History Note

87(78); was see under ANIMALS 1978-86

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Previous Indexing

  • Animals (1966-1977)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Wild Animals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000835. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000835
  2. Wild Animals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_animal
  3. Wild Animals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16390140