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