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animal studies

academic field in which animals are studied in a variety of cross-disciplinary ways
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animal studies

Summary

animal studies is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 66 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #301 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • animal studies's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • animal studies is a type of cultural studies[4].
  • animal studies is a type of natural science[5].
  • animal studies is a type of science[6].
  • animal studies's partially coincident with is recorded as zoology[7].
  • animal studies's different from is recorded as animal science[8].
  • animal studies's is the study of is recorded as Animalia[9].

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Definition and Type

animal studies's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3]. Recorded subclass of include cultural studies[4], natural science[5], and science[6].

Why It Matters

animal studies draws 66 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #301 of 1,010).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

natural science science zoology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · ~2026-16412-18 · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → animal science
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  2. 2d ago · ~2026-16412-18 · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → academic field in which animals are studied in a variety of cross-disciplinary w
    Is the study of → Animalia
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → cultural studies, natural science, science
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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