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This category is for stub articles on types of animals, or things relating to animals. You can help Wikipedia by expanding them. To add an article to this category, use {{animal-stub}} rather than {{Stub}}, but please use the following categories for different types of animal:

• {{mammal-stub}} for mammals, including breeds of domestic mammals
  • {{bat-stub}} for bats
  • {{carnivora-stub}} for members of the Order Carnivora
    • {{dog-stub}} for breeds of dogs
    • {{feline-stub}} for the cat family
  • {{eventoedungulate-stub}} for members of the Order Artiodactyla
  • {{horse-stub}} for horses (not horseracing)
  • {{primate-stub}} for primates
  • {{rodent-stub}} for rodents
• {{bird-stub}} for birds
  • {{passerine-stub}} for passerines
  • {{parrot-stub}} for parrots
  • {{paleo-bird-stub}} for prehistoric birds
  • For ornithologists, use {{ornithologist-stub}}.
• {{reptile-stub}} for reptiles
  • {{turtle-stub}} for turtles, including tortoises
  • {{lizard-stub}} for lizards
    • {{gecko-stub}} for geckos
    • {{skink-stub}} for skinks
  • {{snake-stub}} for snakes
  • {{dinosaur-stub}} for dinosaurs
• {{amphibian-stub}} for amphibians
• {{fish-stub}} for fish
  • {{Shark-stub}} for sharks
• {{invertebrate-stub}} for those invertebrates not covered by the following:
  • {{arthropod-stub}} for arthropods
    • {{arachnid-stub}} for arachnids
    • {{crustacean-stub}} for crustaceans
    • {{insect-stub}} for insects
      • {{ant-stub}} for ants
      • {{beetle-stub}} for beetles
      • {{butterfly-stub}} for butterflies
      • {{moth-stub}} for moths
      • For entomologists, use {{entomologist-stub}}.
  • {{mollusc-stub}} for molluscs
  • {{echinoderm-stub}} for echinoderms
    • {{cephalopod-stub}} for cephalopods
• For zoologists, use {{zoologist-stub}};