domestic animals
Kept beasts, collectively
Domestic animals are species that humans have bred and kept over generations for practical purposes such as food, labor, companionship, or protection.
The term encompasses livestock like cattle, sheep, and pigs, as well as pets like dogs and cats.
Unlike wild animals, domestic animals have been selectively bred to live alongside humans and typically depend on them for care.
Domestic animals require regular feeding and veterinary attention.
- goatHorned, bearded livestock
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- farm animalDomesticated rural creature
- catSmall furry housepet
- barn catCat kept for pest control
house pet · cow · dairy cow · zebu · chicken · dog · lap dog · family pet · water buffalo · horse · guinea pig · donkey · guide dog · service animal · hunting dog · reindeer · yak · livestock
- animal fictionanimal characters, animal tales, beast fables, anthropomorphism, animal heroes
- selective breedingartificial selection, selective breeding, crossbreeding, inbreeding, linebreeding
- folk taxonomylife forms, common names, ethnobotany, plant names, traditional knowledge
- animalscat, dog, bird, fish, cow
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- zoologymammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects
domestic animalswild animals
Undomesticated fauna
wildlife · feral animals · wild beasts · wild game · marine wildlife
domestic animalswild animals
Undomesticated fauna
game animals · vermin · pests · invasive species · dangerous animals