Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life

1929 Pages·2002·30.6 MB·English

by  Carl W. Hoagstrom

Magill’s
Encyclopedia of Science:
Animal Life
Carl W. Hoagstrom, Ph.D.,
Editor
SALEM PRESS, INC.
MAGILL’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE
A N I M A L L I F E
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MAGILL’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE
A N I M A L L I F E
Volume 1
Aardvarks–Endoskeletons
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Carl W. Hoagstrom, Ph.D.
Ohio Northern University
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
Animalshavealwaysbeenasourceoffascina- ant,andquail;Pigsandhogs;andDogs,wolves,and
tionforhumans.Wehavesoughttoexplaintheor- coyotes),andwhilethereareentriesonDomestica-
igin and evolution of life, to classify the planet’s tionandZoos,petsandfarmanimalsarenotdis-
manyorganismsinalogicalmanner,andtostudy cussedassuch.Earlyhumansareaddressedinan
theformsandbehaviorofcreaturesasdiverseas evolutionarycontext,andmodernhumansarein-
jellyfishandelephants.Magill’sEncyclopediaofSci- cluded only for interspecies comparison or for
ence:AnimalLifeoffersaccessible,easy-to-under- their efforts to coexist with other species.
stand scientific information for high-school, un- All entries begin with ready-reference infor-
dergraduate,andgeneral readersonasubjectof mationabouttypeofanimalscienceandfieldsof
significantpopularandacademicinterest.Thisil- study.Nextisalistofprincipalterms,withbrief
lustrated,four-volumeencyclopediarefocusesand definitions. Numerous creative subheads guide
expandsonMagill’sSurveyofScience:LifeScience. thereaderthroughthemaintextoftheentry.Ev-
AnimalLiferevisesandupdates108articlesfrom ery essay ends with an annotated bibliography;
that 1991 set and its 1998 Supplement and then thosereusedfromMagill’sSurveyofSciencehave
adds277newmainentries,aswellasmorethan been updated with recent sources. Species over-
threehundredtextualsidebars,factboxes,andbi- views, at 1,000 or 2,000 words, discuss notable
ographies. Photographs, tables, and maps com- anatomyandphysiology,habitat,behavior(food
plement the text. sources,socialgroups),andreproductionandin-
Animal Life concentrates on science in its dis- cludean“AnimalFacts”sidebarlistingclassifica-
cussion of nonhumans from the kingdom Ani- tion, geographical location, habitat, gestational
malia:invertebrates,insects,arthropods,amphib- period,lifespan,andspecialanatomy.Numerous
ians, reptiles, fish, birds, and mammals. The 385 biographicalentries—onsuchprominentfigures
entries, ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 words each, in the study of the natural world as John James
surveyawiderangeoftopics:anatomy(Antennae, Audubon, Charles Darwin, and Jane Goodall—
Feathers,andTails);behavior(Defensemechanisms, appearas500-wordsidebarswithinmainentries,
Hibernation, and Nesting); classification (Bears, as do some issue-oriented discussions such as
Crustaceans,andMammoths);ecology(Herbivores, habitat destruction and poaching. In addition,
Poisonousanimals,andSymbiosis);evolution(Fos- most longer entries provide one or more brief
sils, Mutations, and Natural selection); fields of sidebarshighlightinginterestingsubjectsrelating
study (Biogeography, Paleontology, and Zoology); to the text.
geography and habitats (Fauna: Australia, Fauna: A complete Alphabetical List of contents ap-
GalápagosIslands,Deserts,andRainforests);physi- pears in the back of all four volumes, as does a
ology (Cold-blooded animals, Reflexes, and Smell); CategoryListusingthefollowingheadings:am-
reproductionanddevelopment(Asexualreproduc- phibians, anatomy, arthropods, behavior, birds,
tion,Lifespans,andMetamorphosis);andscientific carnivores, cell biology, classification, ecology,
methods(BreedingprogramsandPopulationanaly- evolution, fields of study, fish, genetics, geogra-
sis).Theemphasisofthisencyclopediaisonani- phy,habitats,herbivores,humanorigins,insects,
mals in nature; the entries on domestic animals invertebrates,mammals,marinebiology,marsu-
alsocovertheirwildkin(Chickens,turkeys,pheas- pials,omnivores,physiology,populationbiology,
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prehistoric animals, primates, reproduction and North America, the Pacific Islands, the Pacific
development, reptiles, and scientific methods. Ocean,andSouthAmerica.TheBiographicalList
Volume4offersmanyusefulappendices.The of Scientists consists of brief profiles of fifty-one
Glossaryprovidesimportanttermswithsuccinct important figures in animal science, past and
definitions.AtableofAnimalTerminologygives present.AGeneralBibliographyoffersannotated
the names applied to the males, females, young, sources,andboththeJournalsandtheOrganiza-
andgroupsofvariousanimals.TheTimeLineisa tionsappendicesprovidecontactandgeneralin-
graphicdepictionoftheevolutionarytreeacross formation. The encyclopedia concludes with a
geological periods. The Classification Table lists comprehensive subject Index.
all phyla, subphyla, superclasses, classes, sub- Thecontributorstothisworkareacademicians
classes, superorders, orders, infraclasses, subor- fromavarietyofdisciplinesinthelifesciences.We
ders,superfamilies,andfamiliesinthekingdom thankthemforgenerouslysharingtheirexpertise;
Animalia.AGeographicalListofAnimalsbreaks theirnamesandaffiliationsarelistedinthefront
species down into various areas: All continents matter to volume 1. Special acknowledgment is
(exceptAntarctica),alloceans,Africa,Antarctica, extendedtotheEditor,CarlW.Hoagstrom,Ph.D.,
the Arctic, Asia, the Atlantic Ocean, Australia, fromOhioNorthernUniversity,forhisinvaluable
the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, the guidance.
GalápagosIslands,Madagascar,theMiddleEast,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contributor List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Breeding programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Butterflies and moths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Aardvarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Adaptations and their mechanisms . . . . . . . 3 Camels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Adaptive radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Camouflage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Cannibalism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Allosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Carnivores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Altruism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Cats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
American pronghorns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Cattle, buffalo, and bison . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Amphibians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Cell types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Centipedes and millipedes. . . . . . . . . . . 185
Animal kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chameleons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Antelope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Chaparral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Antennae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Cheetahs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Chickens, turkeys, pheasant, and quail. . . . 197
Apatosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Chimpanzees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Apes to hominids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Chordates, lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Arachnids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Circulatory systems of invertebrates . . . . . 210
Archaeopteryx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Circulatory systems of vertebrates . . . . . . 216
Armadillos, anteaters, and sloths. . . . . . . . 71 Clams and oysters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Arthropods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Claws, nails, and hooves. . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Asexual reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Cleavage, gastrulation, and neurulation . . . 227
Clines, hybrid zones, and introgression . . . 232
Baboons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Cloning of extinct or endangered
Bats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 species. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Beaks and bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Cockroaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Bears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Coevolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Beavers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Cold-blooded animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Bees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Beetles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Competition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Biogeography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Convergent and divergent evolution. . . . . 271
Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Copulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Bioluminescence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Coral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Courtship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Crabs and lobsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Bone and cartilage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Brachiosaurus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Crocodiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Crustaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
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Death and dying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Deep-sea animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Ears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Echinoderms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Defense mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Ecological niches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Demographics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Ecology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Deserts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Determination and differentiation . . . . . . 331 Eels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Development: Evolutionary perspective. . . 337 Elephant seals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Digestion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Elephants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Digestive tract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Elk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Dinosaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Embryology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Emotions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Endangered species. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Dogs, wolves, and coyotes. . . . . . . . . . . 370 Endocrine systems of invertebrates. . . . . . 456
Dolphins, porpoises, and other Endocrine systems of vertebrates. . . . . . . 461
toothed whales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Endoskeletons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Domestication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Donkeys and mules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Alphabetical List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III
Ducks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 Category List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX
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