Domesticated Animal
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A Domesticated Animal is an animal whose breeding was controlled by a person (e.g. selective breeding).
- Example(s):
- a Domesticated Dog.
- a Domesticated Horse.
- a Domesticated Cow.
- a Domesticated Cat.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Wild Animal, such as a feral animal.
- See: Domestication, Captive Breeding, Tame Animal, Heredity, Behavior, Morphology (Biology), Chronology.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_domesticated_animals Retrieved:2014-11-29.
- This page is a list of domestic animals,[1] and also includes a list of animals which are or may be undergoing the process of domestication and/or have an extensive relationship with humans beyond simple predation. This includes species which are semi-domesticated, undomesticated but captive-bred on a commercial scale, or commonly wild-caught, at least occasionally captive-bred, and tameable. In order to be considered fully domesticated, most species have undergone significant genetic behavioural and/or morphological changes from their wild ancestors; while others are little-changed from their wild ancestors despite hundreds or thousands of years of potential selective breeding. There is not always a desire to improve a species from its wild form, and a number of factors determine how quickly any changes may occur. The process of domestication is gradual, and there is no precise moment in history when a particular species can be considered to have become fully domesticated.
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- This page is a list of domestic animals,[1] and also includes a list of animals which are or may be undergoing the process of domestication and/or have an extensive relationship with humans beyond simple predation. This includes species which are semi-domesticated, undomesticated but captive-bred on a commercial scale, or commonly wild-caught, at least occasionally captive-bred, and tameable. In order to be considered fully domesticated, most species have undergone significant genetic behavioural and/or morphological changes from their wild ancestors; while others are little-changed from their wild ancestors despite hundreds or thousands of years of potential selective breeding. There is not always a desire to improve a species from its wild form, and a number of factors determine how quickly any changes may occur. The process of domestication is gradual, and there is no precise moment in history when a particular species can be considered to have become fully domesticated.