List of domesticated animals
This is a list of animals that have been domesticated by humans.
The list includes species or larger formal and informal zoological categories that include at least some domesticated individuals.
To be considered domesticated, a population of animals must have their behavior, life cycle, or physiology systemically altered as a result of being under humans control for many generations. (Please see the main article on domestication for more information.) Animals included in this list that do not fully meet this criterion are designated "captive-bred".
This list is organized by the original or primary purpose for which the animals were domesticated. Animals with more than one significant human use have been listed in more than one category.
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Food
- Fowl
- Other food sources
- Raised as food for other animals
- cricket (captive-bred)
- mealworm
- nightcrawler or earthworm (captive-bred)
Labor
- alpaca
- camel
- dog
- donkey
- elephant (captive-bred)
- ferret
- horse
- llama
- oxen
- reindeer (domesticated caribou)
- water buffalo
- yak
Commodities
- Fiber (for textiles)
- chinchilla (captive-bred)
- rabbit
- sheep
- silk worm
- Leather or furs
- Other commodities
- pearl oyster (captive-bred)
Pets
(See main article on pets)
- carp
- cat
- chinchilla
- dog
- ferret
- gerbil
- goldfish
- guinea pig
- hamster
- mouse
- rabbit
- rat
- skunk
- tilapia
- Some species of reptiles, such as the ball python and leopard gecko
Research and science
- dolphin (captive-bred)
- fruit fly
- mice
- rat
- silver fox (isolated Russian experiment)
Other purposes
See also
- List of domesticated plants
- List of domesticated fungi and microorganisms
- Agriculture
- Animal husbandry
- Pet
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