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WikiProject Animals
Founded 28 September 2007
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This WikiProject aims primarily to describe, create and maintain articles on all animals, that is, all species belonging to the kingdom Animalia. This project's scope also includes zoologists and zoology-related articles.

Goals:

1. Create and maintain articles about animals to an encyclopedic standard.
2. Describe all families, genera and species of the kingdom Animalia.
3. Maintain Category:Animals and its subcategories.
4. Assess and rate articles under the scope of Wikiproject Animals.

• WikiProject Science
  • WikiProject Biology
    • WikiProject Tree of Life
      • WikiProject Animals

        (By taxa)

        • WikiProject Arthropods
          • WikiProject Insects
            • Ant task force
            • WikiProject Beetles
            • WikiProject Diptera
            • WikiProject Lepidoptera
            • WikiProject Phasmatodea
          • WikiProject Spiders
        • Molluscs:
          • WikiProject Bivalves
          • WikiProject Cephalopods
          • WikiProject Gastropods
        • Vertebrates:
          • WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
            • WikiProject Dinosaurs
            • WikiProject Turtles
          • WikiProject Birds
            • Domestic pigeon task force
            • WikiProject Poultry
          • WikiProject Fishes
            • WikiProject Aquarium Fishes
            • WikiProject Sharks
          • WikiProject Mammals
            • WikiProject Cats
            • WikiProject Cetaceans
            • WikiProject Dogs
              • Dog breeds task force
            • WikiProject Red Wolf
            • WikiProject Equine
              • Horse breeds task force
            • WikiProject Primates
            • WikiProject Rodents
            • WikiProject Bats

        (Other)

        • WikiProject Animal anatomy
        • WikiProject Animal rights
        • WikiProject Cryptozoology
        • WikiProject Neuroscience
        • WikiProject Organismal Biomechanics
        • WikiProject Zoo

• WikiProject Plants is the project concerning the kingdom Plantae, which WikiProject Animals was modeled after.
• WikiProject Fungi is the project concerning the kingdom Fungi.
• WikiProject Paleontology for extinct and fossil organisms
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals in media

Did you know

• 15 Apr 2024 – Mum (sea lion) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Panamitsu (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 27 Apr 2024 – Horsemanship of Ulysses S. Grant (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Polygnotus (t · c); see discussion (16 participants)
• 26 Apr 2024 – Doyle Owl (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Discospinster (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 24 Apr 2024 – Guatemalan Dogo (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
• 21 Apr 2024 – List of dog breeds from India (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
• 24 Apr 2024 – Bosnian names of primate families (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Occidental Phantasmagoria (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 01 May 2024; see discussion (9 participants)
• 22 Apr 2024 – Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca and Ailurus fulgens) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by UtherSRG (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 29 Apr 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
• 14 Apr 2024 – Going Ape (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Voorts (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 28 Apr 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

• 27 Apr 2024 – Category:Fictional vertebrates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Apr 2024 – Category:Fictional invertebrates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Louisiana (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of the Americas (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Switzerland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of South America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Oceania (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Europe (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Asia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

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Featured article candidates

• 14 Apr 2024 – Heptamegacanthus (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Mattximus (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 14 Apr 2024 – Joy (dog) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Jacob0790 (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Mar 2024 – Skeleton panda sea squirt (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chaotic Enby (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Mar 2024 – Megafauna (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Mar 2024 – Savika (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Zanahary (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 12 Jan 2024 – Unavailable name (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Available name by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Dec 2023 – Physalia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Portuguese man o' war by Jlwoodwa (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Nov 2023 – Lizard (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Squamata by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 03 Jan 2024 – Anisakis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Dec 2023 – Marthasterias (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Plantdrew (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Oct 2021 – Animal furniture (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 94.232.189.253 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 17 Apr 2024 – Draft:Ants of the Democratic Republic of Congo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ThatAntGuy (t · c)
• 11 Apr 2024 – Draft:American Ringtail (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by WPGalaxyCat1 (t · c)
• 17 Mar 2024 – Draft:Gaborone Game Reserve (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by M5637 (t · c)
• 15 Mar 2024 – Draft:Wildlife Wonders Apollo Bay (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 122.108.112.180 (t · c)
• 08 Mar 2024 – Draft:Atlantic Shark Institute (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tomaskoeck (t · c)
• 08 Mar 2024 – Draft:The Metapopulation Initiative (The Cheetah Metapopulation Project) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kelseylbrown (t · c)
• 02 May 2024 – Draft:Asterozoa Body Patterning (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Pellie79 (t · c) was declined by Xoak (t · c) on 03 May 2024
• 25 Apr 2024 – Draft:Tiomanium indicum (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by TheMaskedLapwing (t · c) was accepted to Tiomanium indicum (talk · edit · hist) by Ozzie10aaaa (t · c) on 28 Apr 2024
• 23 Apr 2024 – Draft:Chusky (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by James Inka (t · c) was declined by Xoak (t · c) on 03 May 2024
• 30 Mar 2024 – Draft:João Paulo Krajewski (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Robertabonaldo (t · c) was declined by 1AmNobody24 (t · c) on 30 Apr 2024

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Common (vernacular) names are not capitalised (except where proper names appear).

For articles where a common name is used for the article title, the consensus way to write the combination of common name plus scientific name in the lead is (per this discussion):

The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an even-toed ungulate mammal....

Namely, bold common name followed by bolded and italic scientific name in parentheses.

Usage
To use this, simply add

{{The Fauna Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message indicating why they are receiving the award.

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

• Specific category example: Orphaned articles in Animals
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Cladogram requests - Cladogram requests page
• SpeciesHelper - For species articles, automatically adds the short description, speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template.