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This page is for requesting new animal-related articles be created, or redirects be expanded into articles. To request an existing animal-related article be improved or expanded, see WikiProject Animals/Expansion requests.
For assistance, see WikiProject Animal anatomy.
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| Foreface | the part of the head of a quadruped that is in front of the eyes | |
| Tegula (primate anatomy) | claw-like nails found in New World monkeys | |
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| Animal positions We could do with an equivalent of human positions for animals, focusing on which animals sit, kneel, squat and lie down and in what contexts. It is an interesting subject.--Penbat (talk) 08:02, 21 April 2017 (UTC) | Apparently wolves squat when they howl - Squatting position#Grand Howl. | |
| Cleaning behaviour (includes personal and social grooming and cleaner fish and other interspecific cleaning. | ||
| Antipredator defenses in mammals | See Tim Caro's Antipredator defenses in birds and mammals. P.S. Could perhaps be a section in the linked article | Anti-predator adaptation |
| Vocal mimicry in felids | A popular source, so it shouldn't be the article's core, but Kim, Soo (26 September 2022). "Why Do Cats Chirp at Birds?". Newsweek. Retrieved 12 May 2026..
A bit specific, but Calleia, F. d. O.; Rohe, F.; Gordo, M. (2009). "Hunting strategy of the Margay (Leopardus wiedii) to attract the Wild Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)". Neotropical Primates. 16 (1). Neotropical Section of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group: 32–34. doi:10.1896/044.016.0107. S2CID 84438545. |
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| American Alsatian | |||
| The Blue Layer in New South Wales. | |||
| Faunal interchange | |||
| Gryphi (class of aquatic vertebrates) | timeline of pterosaur research | ||
| List of extinct fishes in the wild | List of recently extinct fishes | ||
| List of extinct in the wild insects | List of recently extinct insects | ||
| List of fossorials | A fossorial (from Latin fossor, meaning "digger") animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders. | ||
| List of land animals that can swim () |
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| necrotizing dermatitis in reference to snakes | |||
| phagenesis | |||
| plant-animal interactions (/animal-plant) | (Abrahamson WG (ed.) (1989) Plant–Animal Interactions. New York: McGraw-Hill; Howe HF and Westley LC (1988) Ecological Relationships of Plants and Animals. New York: Oxford University Press.) | ||
| primitive vertebrates | |||
| Quebrada Honda Fauna | Paratrigodon | ||
| Vertebrate biomechanics | Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution | ||
| Vertebrate evolution | (In creation) | ||
| Bremus | was there a genus or subgenus of bumblebees called Bremus? What happened to it? TIA |
For assistance, see WikiProject Fish.
For assistance, see WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Known Sources | Redirect |
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| Hyla swanstoni | Swanston's tree frog | Hyla | |
| Leptopelis aubreyi | Aubrey's tree frog | Leptopelis flavomaculatus | |
| Xenopus arabiensis | Arabian clawed frog | Xenopus | |
| Xenopus hasaunus | Xenopus | ||
| Xenopus romeri | Romer's clawed frog | Xenopus | |
| Xenopus stromeri | Stromer's clawed frog | Xenopus |
For assistance, see WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles.
Birds topics now have their own page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Article requests. Please put them there.
For assistance, see WikiProject Mammals.
For assistance, see WikiProject Primates. There are currently no requests in this category.
Arthropods topics now have their own page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Arthropods/Article requests. Please put them there.
In alphabetical order:
| taxonomic rank | Scientific Name | Comments |
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| clade | Notochordata | |
| genus | Melitea | synonym of Melitaea, but listed as preoccupied |
| Mabe pearl | ||
| Blobicusgorgium | () - moth genus | |
| Proarticulata (Phylum) | Archaeaspinus Fedonkini | |
| PHYLUM Hemichordata, FAMILY Dicranograptidae, GENUS Dicranograptus | Dicranograptus Ziczac |
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| PHYLUM Hemichordata, FAMILY Anisograptidae, GENUS Adelograptus | Adelograptus Divergens |