domesticated animals
Livestock and pets
Domesticated animals are species bred over generations to live alongside humans, typically for food, labor, or companionship.
Dogs, cats, cattle, sheep, and chickens are domesticated; lions and wolves are not.
The process of domestication fundamentally alters an animal's behavior and often its physical traits: Domesticated animals depend on humans for survival in ways their wild ancestors never did.
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- oxenCastrated male cattle
- catSmall furry housepet
- barn catCat kept for pest control
- house petTame animal kept indoors
canary · cow · dairy cow · chicken · laying hen · guinea pig · dog · man's best friend · hamster · pig · goose · livestock · horse · draft horse · beekeeping · donkey · yak · service dog
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- petting zoogoats, rabbits, bunnies, lambs, chickens
- livestockcow, cows, cattle, bull, bulls
- selective breedingartificial selection, selective breeding, crossbreeding, inbreeding, linebreeding
domesticated animalswild animals
Undomesticated fauna
wildlife · feral animals · wild beasts · game animals · predatory animals
domesticated animalswild animals
Undomesticated fauna
feral animals · dangerous animals · man-eaters · apex predators