Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Living Animals1 Life: Biological Principles and the Science of Zoology2 Origin and Chemistry of Life3 Cells as Units of Life4 Cellular Metabolism2 Continuity and Evolution of Animal Life5 Genetics: A Review6 Organic Evolution7 The Reproductive Process8 Principles of Development3 Diversity of Animal Life9 Architectural Pattern of an Animal10 Classification and Phylogeny of Animals11 Protozoan Groups12 Mesozoa and Parazoa13 Radiate Animals14 Acoelomate Animals15 Pseudocoelomate Animals16 Molluscs17 Segmented Worms18 Arthropods19 Aquatic Mandibulates20 Terrestrial Mandibulates21 Smaller Protostome Phyla22 Echinoderms and Hemichordates23 Chordates24 Fishes25 Early Tetrapods and Modern Amphibians26 Amniote Origins and Reptilian Groups27 Birds28 Mammals4 Activity of Life29 Support, Protection, and Movement30 Homeostasis31 Internal Fluids and Respiration32 Digestion and Nutrition33 Nervous Coordination: Nervous System and Sense Organs34 Chemical Coordination: Endocrine System35 Immunity36 Animal Behavior5 The Animal and Its Environment37 The Biosphere and Animal Distribution38 Animal Ecology

About the Author

Cleveland P. Hickman, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Biology at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, has taught zoology and animal physiology for more than 30 years. He received his Ph.D. in comparative physiology from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., in 1958 and taught animal physiology at the University of Alberta before moving to Washington and Lee University in 1967. He has published numerous articles and research papers in fish physiology, in addition to co-authoring these highly successful texts: Integrated Principles of Zoology, Biology of Animals, Animal Diversity, Laboratory Studies in Animal Diversity, and Laboratory Studies in Integrated Principles of Zoology. Larry Roberts is currently teaching parasitology and marine biology at the University of Miami. He received his Ph.D. in Parasitology from Johns Hopkins University and is a coauthor of Foundations of Parasitology, 5/e. Past teaching affiliations include University of Massachusetts, Texas Tech University, and Florida International University. Dr. Roberts has authored numerous research articles and a title of related interest: Underwater World of Sport Diving. Allan Larson is an Associate Professor at Washington University, St. Louis, MO. He received his Ph.D. in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley. His fields of specialization include Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Population Genetics and Systematics, and Amphibian Systematics. He's taught courses in general biology, evolution, and population biology.