This page gives a list of domesticated animals, [1] also including a list of animals which are or may be currently undergoing the process of domestication and animals that have an extensive relationship with humans beyond simple predation. This includes species which are semi-domesticated, undomesticated but captive-bred on a commercial scale, or commonly wild-caught, at least occasionally captive-bred, and tameable. In order to be considered fully domesticated, most species have undergone significant genetic, behavioural and morphological changes from their wild ancestors, while others have changed very little from their wild ancestors despite hundreds or thousands of years of potential selective breeding. A number of factors determine how quickly any changes may occur in a species, but there is not always a desire to improve a species from its wild form. Domestication is a gradual process, so there is no precise moment in the history of a given species when it can be considered to have become fully domesticated.
Zooarchaeology has identified three classes of animal domesticates:
Species and subspecies | Wild ancestor | Date | Location of origin | Purposes | Image | Changes from wild ancestor/ Notes | Extent in the wild vs. captivity | Taxon group |
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Domestic dog (Canis familiaris) [3] | Extinct Pleistocene population of the grey wolf (Canis lupus ssp.) [4] | 13,000 BCE [5] [6] | China, [7] [8] [9] | meat, leather, fiber, hunting, herding, guarding, fighting, racing, working, rescuing, guiding, policing, draft, pack, sport, service, therapy, narcotics detection, truffle harvesting, pest control, research, education, show, pets | Tame (with exceptions), [10] significant physical changes, probably significant behavioral changes as well | Domestic and feral dogs both very common, [10] ancestor or nearest wild relative less common, but not rare | 1cCarnivora | |
Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) [3] | Possibly the Armenian mouflon (Ovis gmelini gmelini) | 11 000 BCE to 9000 BCE [11] [12] | Anatolia, Iran | meat, milk, fiber, leather, hides, pelts, horns, vellum, manure, guarding, fighting, racing, lawn mowing, weed control, research, ornamental, show, pets | Some physical changes | Common in captivity, threatened in the wild | 1bBovidae | |
Domestic pig (Sus domesticus) | Anatolian boar (Sus scrofa libycus), [13] Northern Chinese boar (Sus scrofa moupinensis) [14] | 9400 BCE [15] [16] [17] [18] | China, Western Asia | meat, leather, tusks, manure, guarding, fighting, racing, truffle harvesting, weed control, research, show, pets | Some physical changes | Common in the wild, much more common in captivity, feral populations common in some areas | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |
European cattle or taurine cattle (Bos taurus) [3] [19] [20] | Eurasian aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius)† | 8500 BCE [21] [22] | China, [23] Western Asia | meat, milk, leather, hides, fiber, horns, vellum, blood, dung, working, plowing, guarding, fighting, racing, draft, mount, soil fertilization, lawn mowing, weed control, worship, show, pets | Some physical changes | Very common in captivity, wild relatives extinct, feral populations fairly common | 1bBovidae | |
Domestic goat (Capra hircus) | Bezoar ibex (Capra aegagrus aegagrus) | 8000 BCE [24] [25] [26] | Iran | milk, meat, fiber, skin, horns, vellum, manure, guarding, fighting, racing, lawn mowing, weed control, clearing land, show, pets | Slight physical changes | Common in captivity, threatened in the wild, feral populations common | 1bBovidae | |
Zebu, Brahman cattle, indicine cattle or humped cattle (Bos indicus) [3] | Indian aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus)† | 8000 BCE | Indian Subcontinent | meat, milk, leather, hides, horns, vellum, blood, dung, working, plowing, fighting, racing, draft, soil fertilization, lawn mowing, show, pets | Considerable physical changes | Common in captivity, wild relatives extinct | 1bBovidae | |
Domestic cat or house cat (Felis catus) [3] | Common North African wildcat (Felis lybica lybica) [27] | 8000–7500 BCE [27] | the Near East | meat, pelts, pest control, research, show, pets | Tame, slight physical changes | Very abundant in captivity; true wildcat species less abundant, though not rare, feral populations very common | 1cCarnivora | |
Domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) | Bangladesh red junglefowl (Gallus gallus murghi) with some contribution from the grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii) | 6000 BCE [28] | India and Southeast Asia | meat, eggs, feathers, leather, manure, guarding, alarming, fighting, racing, pest control, weed control, ornamental, show, pets | Some physical changes, considerable reproductive changes | Very common in the wild and in captivity | 2bGalliformes | |
Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | Montane guinea pig (Cavia tschudii) | 5000 BCE | Peru | meat, manure, racing, lawn mowing, weed control, research, show, pets | Tame, slight physical changes | Somewhat common in the wild and in captivity | 1dRodentia | |
Domestic donkey, domestic ass or burro (Equus asinus) | African wild ass (Equus africanus), including subspecies Nubian (E. a. africanus) and Somali wild ass (E. a. somaliensis) [29] | 5000 BCE [30] [31] | Nubia | meat, milk, manure, working, plowing, guarding, racing, draft, pack, mount, lawn mowing, weed control, show, pets | Slight physical changes | Somewhat common in captivity and as feral populations, wild relatives critically endangered | 1eOther mammals | |
Gayal (Bos frontalis) [3] | Gayal (Bos frontalis) with significant introgression from other Bos species [32] | 5000 BCE [33] | Southeast Asia, Northeast India | meat, milk, horns, dung | Slight physical changes | Somewhat common in captivity, threatened in the wild | 1bBovidae | |
Domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) | Common mallard (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) | 4000 BCE | China | meat, eggs, feathers, manure, guarding, pest control, weed control, ornamental, show, pets | Considerable physical changes | Common in captivity, but more abundant in the wild | 2aAnseriformes | |
Domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) [3] | Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) | 4000 BCE | India, China, the Philippines | meat, milk, horns, dung, working, plowing, fighting, racing, draft, mount, lawn mowing, show | Mainly unchanged from the wild animal | Common in captivity, endangered in the wild, feral populations common in parts of Australia and South America [34] [35] | 1bBovidae | |
Dromedary or Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) [36] | Unknown | 4000 BCE | Arabia, the Horn of Africa | meat, milk, urine, racing, hunting, pack, mount, show, pets | Tame, few physical changes | Moderately common in captivity, small feral population in original range, significant feral population in Australia, truly wild dromedaries may be extinct | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |
Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) including subspecies German (A. m. mellifera), Italian (A. m. ligustica), Carniolan (A. m. carnica), Caucasian (A. m. caucasia), Greek (A. m. cecropia), Saharan (A. m. sahariensis) and Egyptian honey bees (A. m. lamarckii) | - | 4000 BCE (the modern era for A. m. mellifera, the 1880s for A. m. ligustica, uncertain for A. m. carnica, A. m. caucasia, A. m. cecropia, A. m. sahariensis and A. m. lamarckii) | Europe (including Germany, Italy, Greece, Slovenia and the United Kingdom), Georgia, North Africa | honey, wax, propolis, bee brood, royal jelly, venom, pollen, pollination, research | Some physical and behavioral changes, actual domestication status is still a point of contention [37] | Very common in captivity, feral populations common, extent of status in the wild unclear; see Western honey bee for details | 6aHymenoptera | |
Domestic horse (Equus caballus) | Extinct unknown population of the wild horse (Equus ferus), possibly the tarpan or European wild horse (E. f. ferus)† [38] | 4000-3500 BCE [39] [40] | Ukraine or Kazakhstan | milk, meat, hair, manure, working, plowing, fighting, racing, servicing, guiding, draft, pack, mount, execution, lawn mowing, weed control, show, pets | Tame, some physical changes, mainly in colouration | Common in captivity, very rare in the wild, feral populations common | 1eOther mammals | |
Bali cattle (Bos javanicus domesticus) | Banteng (Bos javanicus) [41] | 3500 BCE [41] | Bali, Indonesia | meat, milk, horns, dung, working, plowing, draft, show | Slight physical changes | Common in captivity, endangered in the wild | 1bBovidae | |
Domestic silkmoth (Bombyx mori) | Wild silkmoth (Bombyx mandarina) | 3000 BCE | China | silk, animal feed, pets | Tame/held in captivity, some physical changes | Fairly common in captivity, extent of status in the wild unclear | 6bOther insects | |
Eri silkmoth (Samia ricini) | Ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia) and wild eri silkmoth (Samia canningi) | date uncertain | India | silk, pets | Tame/held in captivity, some physical changes | Common in captivity | 6bOther insects | |
Domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) | Rock dove (Columba livia) | 3000 BCE | the Mediterranean Basin | meat, manure, racing, messenger, ornamental, show, pets | Artificially selected and bred into many varieties including meat breeds, racing/messenger breeds and fancy plumage breeds | Relatively common in captivity, very common in the wild, feral populations extremely abundant | 2cColumbiformes | |
Domestic goose and domestic swan goose (Anser anser domesticus and Anser cygnoides domesticus) | Greylag goose (Anser anser) and swan goose (A. cygnoides) | 3000 BCE for A. anser, date uncertain for A. cygnoides [42] | Egypt (A. anser), China (A. cygnoides) | meat, eggs, feathers, manure, guarding, alarming, pest control, weed control, show, pets | Considerable physical changes | Common in the wild and in captivity | 2aAnseriformes | |
Domestic yak (Bos grunniens) [3] | Wild yak (Bos mutus) | 2500 BCE | Tibet, Nepal | meat, milk, fiber, horns, dung, working, plowing, guarding, fighting, racing, pack, mount, show, pets | Tame, slight physical changes | Fairly common in captivity; threatened in the wild | 1bBovidae | |
Domestic Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) | Wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus) | 2500 BCE | Central Asia (Afghanistan) | meat, milk, hair, dung, pack, mount, show, pets | Tame, few physical changes | Moderately common in captivity, critically endangered in the wild | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |
Llama (Lama glama) [3] | Guanaco (Lama guanicoe cacsilensis) [43] | 2400 BCE [44] | Peru, Bolivia | meat, fiber, manure, working, guarding, racing, draft, pack, lawn mowing, weed control, show, pets | Slight physical changes | Fairly common in the wild and in captivity | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |
Alpaca (Lama pacos) [3] | Vicuña (Lama vicugna mensalis) [43] | 2400 BCE [44] | Peru, Bolivia | meat, milk, fiber, manure, guarding, lawn mowing, weed control, show, pets | Considerable physical changes | Fairly common in the wild and in captivity | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |
Domestic guineafowl (Numida meleagris domesticus) | West African helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris galeatus) | 2400 BCE [45] | West Africa | meat, eggs, manure, guarding, alarming, pest control, show, pets | Mainly unaltered from the wild population | Somewhat common in the wild and in captivity | 2bGalliformes | |
Fuegian dog or Yaghan dog† [46] | Culpeo or Andean fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) | date uncertain [47] | Argentina, Chile | hunting, guarding, warmth, pets | Tame, slight physical changes | Extinct in captivity, but common in the wild | 1cCarnivora | |
Domestic ferret (Mustela furo) | European polecat (Mustela putorius) | 1500 BCE [48] | North Africa | hunting, racing, pest control, show, pets | Tame, slight physical changes | Common in captivity, somewhat common in the wild, feral populations rare | 1cCarnivora | |
Domestic Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata domestica) | Wild Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata sylvestris) | 700–600 BCE [44] | South America | meat, eggs, feathers, manure, guarding, pest control, show, pets | Tame, some physical changes | Common in captivity, feral populations rare | 2aAnseriformes | |
Barbary dove or ringed turtle dove (Streptopelia risoria) | African collared dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) | 500 BCE | North Africa | meat, show, pets | Slight physical changes | Common in both captivity and feral populations | 2cColumbiformes | |
Domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) | South Mexican wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo) | 180 CE [44] | Mexico | meat, eggs, feathers, manure, guarding, pest control, show, pets | Considerable physical changes | Common in the wild and in captivity | 2bGalliformes | |
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) | Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) | 300 CE to 400 CE | China | racing, pest control, ornamental, show, pets | Tame, significant physical changes | Very common and abundant in captivity, extent of status in the wild unclear | 5aCyprinidae | |
Domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) | Iberian rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) [49] | 600 CE [50] | Europe | meat, fiber, pelts, manure, racing, lawn mowing, weed control, research, show, pets | Tame, significant physical changes | Common in captivity, rare in native habitat, common in introduced range | 1eOther mammals | |
Koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) | Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) | the 11th century CE | Japan | ornamental, show, pets | Tame, considerable physical changes | Fairly common in captivity, threatened in the wild | 5aCyprinidae | |
Japanese quail (C. japonica) or Domesticated quail | Common quail (C. coturnix) | the 11~12th century CE | Japan | meat, eggs, research, pets | considerable physical changes | Common in the wild and in captivity | 2bGalliformes | |
Domestic canary (Serinus canaria domestica) | Wild canary (Serinus canaria canaria) | the 15th century CE | the Canary Islands, Europe | coal mining, fighting, research, show, pets | Slight physical changes | Common in the wild and in captivity | 2dPasseriformes | |
Society finch or Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata domestica) | White-rumped munia or striated finch (Lonchura striata swinhoei) with some contribution from the Indian silverbill or white-throated munia (Euodice malabarica) | unknown, may have been introduced to Japan sometime around the early 18th century CE [51] | Japan | pets, show, research | Slight physical changes | Fairly common in captivity; common in the wild | 2dPasseriformes | |
Fancy mouse a.k.a. laboratory mouse (Mus musculus domestica) | Western European house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus), Japanese house mouse (Mus musculus molossinus) | 1100 BCE (China), then the 17th century CE (Europe), [52] the 18th Century (Japan) | China, Europe, Japan | animal feed, racing, research, show, pets | Tame, significant physical changes | Common in the wild and in captivity | 1dRodentia | |
Fancy rat a.k.a. laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) | Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) | the 19th century CE [53] | the United Kingdom | animal feed, research, show, pets | Tame, some physical and psychological changes | Common in the wild and in captivity | 1dRodentia | |
Domestic mink (Neogale vison domesticus) [54] | Eastern mink (Neogale vison vison), Kenai mink (N. v. melampeplus) and Alaskan mink (N. v. ingens) | Early 1860s | Cassadaga Lakes, New York | fur, hunting, pest control, pets | Some physical and psychological changes | Somewhat common in the wild and in captivity | 1cCarnivora | |
Domesticated silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) | Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | late 19th century to 20th century CE | Prince Edward Island/Soviet Union (Russia) [55] | fur, pelts, research, pets | Tame, some physical changes | Very small domestic population, wild relatives fairly common | 1cCarnivora | |
Domesticated hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris, A. algirus, Hemiechinus auritus and H. collaris) | Four-toed (Atelerix albiventris), Algerian (A. algirus), long-eared (Hemiechinus auritus), and Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris) | the 1980s | Central and Eastern Africa | pets | Slight physical changes | Common in the wild, somewhat rare in captivity | 1eOther mammals |
Due to the somewhat unclear outlines of what precisely constitutes domestication, there are some species that may or may not be fully domesticated. There are also some species that are extensively commercially used by humans, but are not significantly altered from wild-type animals. Many animals on this second table are at least somewhat altered from wild-type animals due to their extensive interactions with humans, albeit not to the point that they are regarded as distinct forms (therefore, no separate wild ancestors are noted) or would be unable to survive if reintroduced to the wild.
Species and subspecies | Date | Location of origin | Purpose | Image | Changes from wild ancestor/ Notes | Extent in the wild vs. captivity | Taxon group |
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Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) including subspecies Sri Lankan (E. m. maximus), Indian (E. m. indicus), Sumatran (E. m. sumatranus), Bornean (E. m. borneensis) and formerly Syrian elephants (E. m. asurus)† [56] [57] [58] | 2000 BCE (uncertain for E. m. maximus, E. m. sumatranus, E. m. borneensis and E. m. asurus)† | India, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Nepal, Borneo, China, Indochina, formerly Iran | dung, working, hunting, fighting, racing, transportation, mount, patrol, worship, show | Individuals taken from the wild and tamed on a wide scale | Syrian subspecies extinct in the wild and in captivity; other subspecies somewhat common in captivity, but endangered in the wild [59] [60] | 1eOther mammals | |
Domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus domesticus) | 3000 BCE | Fennoscandia, Western Russia (possibly Eastern Russia), [61] China, Mongolia | meat, milk, leather, hides, antlers, transportation, mount, pets | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |||
Common (S. camelus) and Somali ostriches (S. molybdophanes) | date uncertain | Africa, Mesopotamia | meat, eggs, feathers, sacrifices | 2fPalaeognathae | |||
Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) | 2320–2150 BCE | Egypt | meat, hides, horns, sacrifices | Small captive population, but nearly extinct in the wild | 1bBovidae | ||
Caracal (Caracal caracal) [62] | date uncertain, possibly 200 BCE | Egypt, India, Southern Africa | hunting, pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) including subspecies Southeast African (A. j. jubatus), Northeast African (A. j. soemmeringii) and Asiatic cheetahs (A. j. venaticus) [63] [64] | 1500 BCE | Egypt, India, the Middle East, South Africa | hunting, tourism, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus)† | date uncertain | Egypt | meat, hides, horns, sacrifices | Historically farmed | Extinct in the wild and in captivity | 1bBovidae | |
Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) | pre-modern China (date uncertain) | China | pest control, ornamental, pets | 2aAnseriformes | |||
Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) | date uncertain | Egypt | meat, eggs, feathers, guarding, ornamental, pets | Common in the wild and in captivity, feral populations very common | 2aAnseriformes | ||
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) [65] | 5000 BCE | China | pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Common genet (Genetta genetta) [66] | date uncertain | Africa | pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) including subspecies Chinese (A. c. cerana), Indian (A. c. indica) and Japanese honey bees (A. c. japonica) | date uncertain | South Asia, Thailand, Japan, China | honey, wax, pollination | 6aHymenoptera | |||
European fallow (Dama dama) and Persian fallow deer (D. mesopotamica) [67] | 1000 BCE | the Mediterranean Basin, the Levant | meat, hides, antlers, pets | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |||
European medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) [68] [69] | 800 BCE | Europe, Asia | bloodletting, surgery, therapy, research, saliva, pets | Captive-bred | 7bAnnelida | ||
Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) | 700–500 BCE [44] | Chile, Peru, Mexico | dye | Very common in the wild | 6bOther insects | ||
Indian (Pavo cristatus) and green peafowl (P. muticus) | 500 BCE (uncertain for P. muticus) | India, Java | meat, feathers, ornamental, guarding, pest control, pets | Fairly common in the wild | 2bGalliformes | ||
Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) | kept in ancient Greece, date of captive breeding uncertain | Greece | pets, talking bird | 2dPasseriformes | |||
Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) including subspecies African (P. k. krameri) and Indian rose-ringed parakeets (P. k. manillensis); Alexandrine Parakeets (Psittacula eupatria) | classical antiquity (date uncertain) | West Africa, India | pets, talking bird | Captive-bred, plumage colour changes | 2ePsittaciformes | ||
Red deer (Cervus elaphus) [70] [71] including subspecies Caspian (C. e. maral), Norwegian (C. e. atlanticus) and Scottish red deer (C. e. scoticus) | ~1 CE | China, Russia, Europe (including the United Kingdom), Iran | meat, milk, leather, hides, antlers, velvet, pets | Captive-bred | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | ||
Roman snail (Helix pomatia) | 100 CE | Europe | meat, eggs, shells, slime, pets | Captive-bred | 7aMollusca | ||
Stingless bees (Melipona beecheii), (M. scutellaris), (M. bicolor), (M. quadrifasciata) and (M. subnitida) | 180 CE | Mexico, the Amazon Basin | honey, wax, propolis, pollination, pets | 6aHymenoptera | |||
White (Cacatua alba), sulphur-crested (C. galerita), Salmon-crested (Cacatua moluccensis), blue-eyed (C. ophthalmica), and Red-vented cockatoos (C. haematuropygia); long-billed (C. tenuirostris), western (C. pastinator), little (C. sanguinea) and Tanimbar corellas (C. goffiniana) | the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE) (C. alba) | China, Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea | pets, show | Captive-bred | 2ePsittaciformes | ||
Great (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Japanese cormorants (P. capillatus) | 960 CE | China, Japan | fishing | 2gOther birds | |||
Mute swan (Cygnus olor) | 1000-1500 CE | Europe (including the United Kingdom) | meat, feathers, ornamental, guarding, pets | 2aAnseriformes | |||
House cricket (Acheta domesticus) | the 12th century CE | Southwestern Asia, China, Japan | meat, animal feed, fighting, pets | Somewhat common in captivity, very common in the wild | 6bOther insects | ||
Common quail (Coturnix coturnix) | 1100–1900 CE | Eurasia | meat, eggs, research, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 1200–1500 CE | Europe, Asia | meat, eggs, pets | 5aCyprinidae | |||
Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) | the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 CE) | China | pets | Non-wild coloration pied and fancy colored Java sparrows from long Asian captivity lines are hand tamable | Threatened in the wild | 2dPasseriformes | |
Siamese fighting fish or betta (Betta splendens); Spotted betta (B. picta) | the 19th century CE (uncertain for B. picta) | Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo | fighting, show, pets | Very significant physical and slight behavioral changes | Common in captivity | 5bOther fish | |
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) including subspecies masked bobwhite (C. v. ridgwayi) | date uncertain | the United States, Sonora | meat, eggs, feathers, pets | Captive-bred, plumage changes | 2bGalliformes | ||
European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) | date uncertain | Europe | pets, singing | Captive-bred | 2dPasseriformes | ||
Indian grey mongoose (Urva edwardsii) | date uncertain | India | pest control, fighting, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Gambian (Cricetomys gambianus) and Emin's pouched rats (C. emini) | at least 1997, [72] but possibly the early 1990s (uncertain for C. emini) | Sub-Saharan Africa | meat, landmine detection, tuberculosis detection, pest control, pets | 1dRodentia | |||
Golden (Chrysolophus pictus) and Lady Amherst's pheasants (C. amherstiae) | date uncertain | China | ornamental, pest control, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Common (Phasianus colchicus) and green pheasants (P. versicolor) | date uncertain | Asia, Japan | meat, eggs, ornamental, pest control, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Sika deer (Cervus nippon) [73] | date uncertain | China, Taiwan, Japan | meat, hides, antlers, tourism, pets | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |||
Common (Taurotragus oryx) and Giant eland (T. derbianus) | date uncertain | Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya | meat, milk, leather, hides, horns | 1bBovidae | |||
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) [74] | date uncertain | the southeastern United States | meat, hides, teeth, blood, pets | Captive-bred | Once uncommon in the wild; captive breeding has led to the species both recovering across and repopulating much of its range. | 3dOther reptiles | |
Eurasian elk or moose (Alces alces) [75] including subspecies Alaskan moose (A. a. gigas) | date uncertain | Russia, Finland, Sweden, Alaska | meat, milk, hides, antlers, working, draft, mount, transportation, research, pets | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |||
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) | the 1850s | Australia | pets, show, talking bird | Captive-bred, plumage colour/pattern changes, some breeds are physically larger | Fairly common in the wild and in captivity | 2ePsittaciformes | |
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) | the 1870s | Australia | pets, show, talking bird | Captive-bred, plumage colour/pattern changes | Common in the wild and in captivity | 2ePsittaciformes | |
Elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) | date uncertain | North America, Russia, China | meat, leather, hides, antlers, velvet, pets | Captive-bred | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | ||
European mink (Mustela lutreola) | the 1800s | Europe, Russia | fur | 1cCarnivora | |||
Coypu or nutria (Myocastor coypus) | the late 19th to the early 20th century CE | Argentina | meat, fur, aquatic weed control, pets | Captive-bred | 1dRodentia | ||
Guppy (Poecilia reticulata); [76] Cauca (P. caucana), sailfin (P. latipinna), shortfin (P. mexicana), liberty (P. salvatoris), common (P. sphenops), and Yucatán mollies (P. velifera); Endler's livebearer (P. wingei) | date uncertain | Barbados, Brazil, El Salvador, Guyana, Mexico, Venezuela | bait, pest control, research, pets | 5bOther fish | |||
Lesser fruit fly, vinegar fly or pomace fly (Drosophila melanogaster) | the 1910s | Australia, South Africa | research, animal feed | Captive-bred | 6bOther insects | ||
Chinese hamster (Cricetulus griseus) | the 1920s | China | research, biotechnology, pets | 1dRodentia | |||
Rosy-faced (Agapornis roseicollis), yellow-collared (A. personatus), and Fischer's lovebirds (A. fischeri) | the 1920s (uncertain for A. personatus, A. fischeri) | Africa, Madagascar | pets | Captive-bred, plumage colour/pattern changes in rosy-faced lovebird | 2ePsittaciformes | ||
Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae; various species and subspecies) | the 1920s | northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, islands in Cenderawasih Bay and the Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia | pest control, pets | 5bOther fish | |||
Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) | the 1930s | Syria, Turkey | pets, research | 1dRodentia | |||
Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti) | the 20th century CE | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey | pets, research | 1dRodentia | |||
Long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) | the 1930s | the Andes | fur, research, pets | 1dRodentia | |||
Short-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla) | the 1930s | the Andes | fur | Raised in captivity | Critically endangered in the wild | 1dRodentia | |
Water flea (Daphnia magna) | the 1930s | North America, Eurasia, Africa | research, animal feed | 6cOther arthropods | |||
African (Xenopus laevis) and western clawed frogs (X. tropicalis) | the 1950s (uncertain for X. tropicalis) | Southern Africa, West Africa | research, pets | Captive-bred | 4aAnura | ||
Sea-monkey (Artemia nyos) | the 1950s | the United States | pets, research | Captive-bred | 6cOther arthropods | ||
Ball (Python regius), Borneo (P. breitensteini), Sumatran short-tailed (P. curtus) and Brongersma's short-tailed pythons (P. brongersmai) | the 1960s (uncertain for P. breitensteini, P. curtus and P. brongersmai) | Africa, Sumatra, Borneo, Malaysia | pets | Captive-bred | 3aSerpentes | ||
Burmese python (Python bivittatus) including subspecies dwarf Burmese python (P. b. progschai) [77] [78] | date uncertain | Myanmar, Thailand, Bali, Java, Sulawesi | meat, skins, medicine, pets | Captive-bred | 3aSerpentes | ||
Campbell's (Phodopus campbelli), winter white (P. sungorus) and Roborovski dwarf hamsters (P. roborovskii) Domesticated | the 1960s | Mongolia, Russia, China | pets, research | 1dRodentia | |||
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum); tiger (A. tigrinum) and barred tiger salamanders (A. mavortium) | the 20th century CE (uncertain for A. tigrinum and A. mavortium) | Mexico, the United States | research, pets | Slight physical changes | A. mexicanum Critically endangered in the wild; A. tigrinum and A. mavortium less threatened | 4bOther amphibians | |
Common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) | the 20th century CE (uncertain for E. m. afghanicus) | Pakistan, Afghanistan | pets | Slight physical changes | Somewhat common in captivity | 3bLacertilia | |
American bison (Bison bison) including subspecies wood bison (B. b. athabascae) | the 20th century CE (uncertain for B. b. athabascae) | North America | meat, leather, hides, fiber, horns, guarding, pets | 1bBovidae | |||
Companion parrots (Psittaciformes; various species and subspecies) [79] [80] | the 1980s and 1990s | Australia, Africa, Asia, North America, Central America, South America, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji | pets, show, talking bird, ornamental, guarding, education, therapy | Captive-bred, plumage colour changes in some species (e.g. grey parrot, turquoise-fronted amazon, green-cheeked parakeet and others) | 2ePsittaciformes | ||
Poison dart frogs (Dendrobatidae spp.) | the mid- to late 20th century CE | Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela | pets | Slight physical changes; loss of toxicity | 4aAnura | ||
Common (Lampropeltis getula), grey-banded (L. alterna), and Thayer's kingsnakes (L. mexicana thayeri); Milk snake (L. triangulum) | date uncertain | Arizona, Florida, Mexico, California | pets | 3aSerpentes | |||
Corn (Pantherophis guttatus) and western rat snakes (P. obsoletus) | the 1960s (uncertain for P. obsoletus) | the United States | pets | Slight physical changes | Somewhat common in captivity, common in the wild | 3aSerpentes | |
Madagascar (Gromphadorhina portentosa) and wide-horned hissing cockroaches (G. oblongonota) | the 1960s (uncertain for G. oblongonota) | Madagascar | pets | Captive-bred | 6bOther insects | ||
Central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) and related species | the 1970s | Australia | pets | Slight physical changes | 3bLacertilia | ||
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) [81] | the 1970s | China | meat, algae control | 5aCyprinidae | |||
Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) [82] | the 1980s | Australia | pest control, pets | 1eOther mammals | |||
Buff-tailed (Bombus terrestris) and common eastern bumblebees (B. impatiens) | the 1980s (uncertain for B. impatiens) | Europe (including the United Kingdom), North America | wax, pollination | 6aHymenoptera | |||
Greater (Rhea americana) and Darwin's rheas (R. pennata) [83] | the 1990s (uncertain for R. pennata) | South America | meat, eggs, feathers, leather, oil, pets | 2fPalaeognathae | |||
Australian emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae) | the 1990s | Australia | meat, eggs, feathers, leather, oil, guarding, pets | 2fPalaeognathae | |||
Fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) | date uncertain | Kenya | meat, leather, hides, horns | 1bBovidae | |||
Common degu (Octodon degus) | the 1990s | the Chilean Andes | pets, research | 1dRodentia | |||
Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus); Persian (M. persicus), Libyan (M. libycus), Shaw's (M. shawi), Tristram's (M. tristrami) and Sundevall's jirds (M. crassus) | the 1990s (uncertain for M. persicus, M. libycus, M. shawi, M. tristrami and M. crassus) | Mongolia, Algeria, Iran, Libya, Turkey, Egypt | pets, research | 1dRodentia | |||
Green (Iguana iguana) and Lesser Antillean iguanas (I. delicatissima) | the 1990s (uncertain for I. delicatissima) | South America, the Lesser Antilles | meat, leather, pets | Captive-bred | 3bLacertilia | ||
Carpet python (Morelia spilota) including subspecies diamond python (M. s. spilota); eastern (M. s. mcdowelli), Murray Darling (M. s. metcalfei), Torresian (M. s. variegata) and jungle carpet pythons (M. s. cheynei) | date uncertain | Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea | pets | Captive-bred | 3aSerpentes | ||
Southern green tree (Morelia viridis), southwestern carpet (M. imbricata), rough-scaled (M. carinata) and Bredl's pythons (M. bredli) | the mid-1990s (uncertain for M. carinata and M. bredli) | Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea | pets | Captive-bred | 3aSerpentes | ||
Red-tailed (Calyptorhynchus banksii), yellow-tailed (C. funereus) and glossy black cockatoos (C. lathami) | the late 1990s (uncertain for C. funereus and C. lathami) | Australia | pets, education | Captive-bred | 2ePsittaciformes | ||
Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae) | the late 1990s | Australia | pets, show | 2dPasseriformes | |||
Australian green (Ranoidea caerulea), orange-eyed (R. chloris), leaf green (R. phyllochroa), mountain stream (R. barringtonensis), magnificent (R. splendida), Blue Mountains (R. citropa) and dainty green tree frogs (R. gracilenta); growling grass frog (R. raniformis) | the late 20th century CE (uncertain for R. chloris, R. phyllochroa, R. barringtonensis, R. splendida, R. citropa, R. gracilenta and R. raniformis) | Australia | research, pets | Captive-bred | 4aAnura | ||
Argentine (Ceratophrys ornata), Brazilian (C. aurita), Venezuelan (C. calcarata), Surinam (C. cornuta), Caatinga (C. joazeirensis), Pacific (C. stolzmanni) and Cranwell's horned frogs (C. cranwelli) | the late 20th century CE (uncertain for C. aurita, C. calcarata, C. cornuta, C. joazeirensis, C. stolzmanni and C. cranwelli) | Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador | pets | Captive-bred | 4aAnura | ||
Crucian (Carassius carassius), Japanese white crucian (C. cuvieri) and Prussian carp (C. gibelio); ginbuna (C. langdorfii) [84] | the 2000s (uncertain for C. cuvieri, C. gibelio and C. langdorfii) | England, Russia, Japan | meat, research, pets | 5aCyprinidae | |||
King quail (Synoicus chinensis) | date uncertain | Asia, Australia | pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Common (Corvus corax), white-necked (C. albicollis) and Australian ravens (C. coronoides); carrion (C. corone), hooded (C. cornix), American (C. brachyrhynchos), pied (C. albus) and house crows (C. splendens); rook (C. frugilegus) [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] | date uncertain | Europe, Africa, India, Australia, North America | pest control, research, show, pets | 2dPasseriformes | |||
Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) [92] | date uncertain | India | fishing | 2gOther birds | |||
Southern (Chauna torquata) and northern screamers (C. chavaria) | date uncertain | South America | guarding | 2aAnseriformes | |||
Horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) [93] | date uncertain | South America | guarding | 2aAnseriformes | |||
Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) | date uncertain | South America | guarding | 2gOther birds | |||
Golden (Aquila chrysaetos), [94] eastern imperial (A. heliaca), Spanish imperial (A. adalberti), wedge-tailed (A. audax), steppe (A. nipalensis), tawny (A. rapax), Bonelli's (A. fasciata) and Verreaux's eagles (A. verreauxii); African hawk-eagle (A. spilogaster) | date uncertain | Europe, North America, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Africa, Australia | falconry, intercepting, pest control, show, pets | 2gOther birds | |||
Bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) [95] [96] and white-tailed eagles (H. albicilla); African fish eagle (H. vocifer); white-bellied sea (H. leucogaster) and Steller's sea eagles (H. pelagicus) | date uncertain | North America, Europe, Russia, Africa, Australia | falconry, intercepting, pest control, show, pets | 2gOther birds | |||
Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi) [97] | date uncertain | the United States | falconry, pest control, show, pets | 2gOther birds | |||
Eurasian (Astur gentilis), [98] American (Astur atricapillus), crested (Lophospiza trivirgata) and African goshawks (Aerospiza tachiro); Cooper's (Astur cooperii) and sharp-shinned hawks (Accipiter striatus); Eurasian (Accipiter nisus), Ovambo (Accipiter ovampensis), collared (Tachyspiza cirrocephala), Japanese (Tachyspiza gularis) and black sparrowhawks (Astur melanoleucus); besra (Tachyspiza virgata); shikra (Tachyspiza badia); (all previously placed in the Accipiter genus) | date uncertain | Europe, Asia, Africa, North America | falconry, pest control, show, pets | 2gOther birds | |||
Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) [99] including subspecies Western Siberian (B. b. sibiricus), Eastern Siberian (B. b. yenisseensis) and Turkmenian eagle-owls (B. b. omissus) | date uncertain | Europe, Russia, Turkmenistan | pest control, show, pets | 2gOther birds | |||
Tawny owl (Strix aluco) [100] | date uncertain | Europe (including the United Kingdom) | pest control, show, pets | 2gOther birds | |||
Puna ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi) | date uncertain | Peru | meat, eggs, pest control | 2gOther birds | |||
Celebes warty pig (Sus celebensis) [101] | date uncertain | Sulawesi | meat, tusks, pets | Historically farmed | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | ||
Red-necked wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus), [102] | the 2000s | Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales | lawn mowing, research, tourism, pets | 1eOther mammals | |||
Red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) [103] | date uncertain | Australia | meat, leather, tourism, pets | 1eOther animals | |||
Tiger (Dasyurus maculatus), eastern (D. viverrinus), western (D. geoffroii) and northern quolls (D. hallucatus) [104] [105] [106] [107] | date uncertain | Australia | pest control, pets | 1eOther mammals | |||
Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) [108] | date uncertain | Bangladesh | fishing, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Beech marten (Martes foina) [109] [110] and sable (M. zibellina) | date uncertain | Europe, Russia, India | fur, pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Fisher or Pennant's marten (Pekania pennanti) | date uncertain | North America | fur, pest control, research, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Least (Mustela nivalis), Siberian (M. sibirica) [111] and yellow-bellied weasels (M. kathiah); European polecat (M. putorius) [112] [113] | date uncertain | Europe, Russia, India | pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Lesser grison (Galictis cuja) | date uncertain | South America | hunting, pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Patagonian weasel (Lyncodon patagonicus) | date uncertain | Argentina, Chile | pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Common raccoon (Procyon lotor) [114] | date uncertain | North America | pest control, show, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) [115] | date uncertain | North America, Central America | pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Mountain paca (Cuniculus taczanowskii) | date uncertain | Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador | meat, pets | 1dRodentia | |||
Malayan (Hystrix brachyura), [116] Sunda (H. javanica), Indian crested (H. indica), African crested (H. cristata), Cape (H. africaeaustralis) and Philippine porcupines (H. pumila) | date uncertain | Vietnam, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Africa | meat, quills, pets | 1dRodentia | |||
Steppe lemming (Lagurus lagurus) | date uncertain | the Eurasian steppe | pets | 1dRodentia | |||
Lesser Egyptian (Gerbillus gerbillus), greater Egyptian (G. pyramidum), pale (G. perpallidus) and pleasant gerbils (G. amoenus) | date uncertain | Egypt, Libya | pets | 1dRodentia | |||
Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) [117] | date uncertain | Europe | pest control, pets | 1dRodentia | |||
Chinese cobra (Naja atra) [118] | date uncertain | China | venom, skins, pets | Captive-bred | 3aSerpentes | ||
Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans) including subspecies Adelaide (P. e. adelaidae) and yellow rosellas (P. e. flaveolus) | date uncertain | Australia | pets | Captive-bred | 2ePsittaciformes | ||
Western (Platycercus icterotis), green (P. caledonicus), pale-headed (P. adscitus) and northern rosellas (P. venustus) | date uncertain | Australia | pets | Captive-bred | 2ePsittaciformes | ||
Eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius) including subspecies golden-mantled rosella (P. e. elecica) | date uncertain | Australia | pets | Captive-bred | 2ePsittaciformes | ||
Hispaniolan (Trachemys decorata), Colombian (T. callirostris), Cuban (T. decussata), D'Orbigny's (T. dorbigni), Nicaraguan (T. emolli), ornate (T. ornata), Jamaican (T. terrapen) and Meso-American sliders (T. venusta) | date uncertain | Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Colombia, Cuba, Brazil, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Jamaica | pets | Captive-bred | 3cTestudines | ||
Pond slider (Trachemys scripta) including subspecies yellow-bellied (T. s. scripta), red-eared (T. s. elegans) and Cumberland sliders (T. s. troostii) | date uncertain | the south-central and southeastern United States | meat, pets | Easy to tame | Fairly common in captivity, common in the wild | 3cTestudines | |
Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) [119] | date uncertain | China | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 3cTestudines | ||
Chinese pond (Mauremys reevesii) and yellow pond turtles (M. mutica) [120] | date uncertain | China | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 3cTestudines | ||
Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) [121] | date uncertain | Florida | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 3cTestudines | ||
Keeled box (Cuora mouhotii) [122] and Golden coin turtles (C. trifasciata) | date uncertain | China | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 3cTestudines | ||
Wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri) | date uncertain | China | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 3cTestudines | ||
Arrau turtle (Podocnemis expansa) [123] | date uncertain | Brazil | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 3cTestudines | ||
Saltwater (Crocodylus porosus), Nile (C. niloticus), West African (C. suchus), mugger (C. palustris), American (C. acutus), Cuban (C. rhombifer), Morelet's (C. moreletii), Orinoco (C. intermedius), freshwater (C. johnsoni), Siamese (C. siamensis), Philippine (C. mindorensis) and New Guinea crocodiles (C. novaeguineae) [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] | date uncertain | Florida, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Africa, Iran, India, Thailand, Myanmar, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea | meat, hides, teeth, blood, fat, guarding, tourism, show, pets | Captive-bred | 3dOther reptiles | ||
Crimson (Neochmia phaeton) and red-browed finches (N. temporalis) | date uncertain | New Guinea, Australia | pets, show | 2dPasseriformes | |||
Star finch (Bathilda ruficauda) | date uncertain | Australia | pets, show | 2dPasseriformes | |||
Grey partridge (Perdix perdix) | date uncertain | Hungary, the United Kingdom | meat, eggs, feathers, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Red-legged (Alectoris rufa), chukar (A. chukar), Philby's (A. philbyi), Arabian (A. melanocephala) and Barbary partridges (A. barbara) | date uncertain | France, Afghanistan, North Africa, Yemen, Oman | meat, eggs, feathers, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus) | date uncertain | China, India | meat, eggs, feathers, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) | date uncertain | Nepal | meat, eggs, feathers, ornamental, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Scaled (Callipepla squamata), elegant (C. douglasii), Gambel's (C. gambelii) and California quails (C. californica) [130] | date uncertain | Mexico, Utah, California | meat, eggs, feathers, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) | date uncertain | Mexico | meat, eggs, feathers, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) | date uncertain | Ethiopia | meat, pest control, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Harlequin (Coturnix delegorguei), rain (C. coromandelica) and stubble quails (C. pectoralis) | date uncertain | Africa, India, Australia | meat, eggs, feathers, pets | 2bGalliformes | |||
Edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) [131] | date uncertain | Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore | nests | 2gOther birds | |||
Tarantulas (Theraphosidae, various species and subspecies) [132] | date uncertain | North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea | research, venom, pets | Captive-bred | Common in captivity, becoming rare in the wild | 6cOther arthropods | |
Crested (Correlophus ciliatus) and suras geckos (C. sarasinorum) | date uncertain | New Caledonia | pets | Captive-bred | Somewhat common in captivity, nearly extinct in the wild | 3bLacertilia | |
Roan (Hippotragus equinus) [133] and sable antelopes (H. niger) [134] | date uncertain | South Africa | meat, horns | 1bBovidae | |||
Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), [135] nyala (T. angasii), [136] and Cape bushbuck (T. sylvaticus) | date uncertain | South Africa | meat, hides, horns, pets | 1bBovidae | |||
Blue (Connochaetes taurinus) [137] and black wildebeest (C. gnou) [138] | date uncertain | South Africa, Kenya | meat, leather, hides, horns, pets | 1bBovidae | |||
Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) including subspecies blesbok (D. p. phillipsi) [139] | date uncertain | South Africa | meat, hides, horns | 1bBovidae | |||
Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) | date uncertain | India, Pakistan | meat, hides, horns, pets | Historically farmed | 1bBovidae | ||
Scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata) | date uncertain | Southeast Asia | pets, research | Slight physical changes | Fairly common in the wild and in captivity | 2dPasseriformes | |
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) | date uncertain | India, Pakistan | meat, hides, horns, pets | 1bBovidae | |||
Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) [140] | date uncertain | South Africa | meat, hides, horns, pets | 1bBovidae | |||
Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) [141] | date uncertain | North Africa | meat, horns | 1bBovidae | |||
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) [142] [143] | date uncertain | South Africa | meat, leather, horns | 1bBovidae | |||
Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) [144] | date uncertain | Brazil | meat, pets | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |||
Thorold's deer (Cervus albirostris) [145] | date uncertain | China | meat, antlers | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |||
White-tailed (Odocoileus virginianus) [146] and mule deer (O. hemionus) | date uncertain | Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, Montana, Canada, Colombia | meat, hides, antlers, pets | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |||
Dwarf (Moschus berezovskii), alpine (M. chrysogaster), white-bellied (M. leucogaster) and Siberian musk deer (M. moschiferus) [147] [148] [149] | date uncertain | China, India, Russia | meat, hides, tusks, musk | 1aArtiodactyla except Bovidae | |||
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) [150] [151] [152] [153] | date uncertain | South Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria | hunting, guarding, waste management, tourism, show, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) [154] | date uncertain | North Africa | pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Grey (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and island foxes (U. littoralis) [155] | date uncertain | the eastern United States, the Channel Islands, California | pelts, pest control, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Meerkat or suricate (Suricata suricatta) [156] [157] | date uncertain | South Africa | pest control, research, education, therapy, tourism, show, pets | 1cCarnivora | |||
Common kusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus) | date uncertain | West Africa | pets, pest control | Captive-bred | 1cCarnivora | ||
Kissing gourami (Helostoma temminckii) | date uncertain | Thailand, Indonesia | meat, pets | 5bOther fish | |||
Giant (Osphronemus goramy), [158] [159] giant red tail (O. laticlavius) and elephant ear gouramis (O. exodon) | date uncertain | Southeast Asia | meat, weed control, pets | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Red-bellied (Pygocentrus nattereri), piraya (P. piraya) and black spot piranha (P. cariba) | date uncertain | South America | meat, teeth, research, pets | Fairly common in captivity, common in the wild | 5bOther fish | ||
Atlantic bluefin (Thunnus thynnus), Pacific bluefin (T. orientalis), southern bluefin (T. maccoyii), yellowfin (T. albacares) and bigeye tunas (T. obesus); albacore or longfin tuna (T. alalunga) [160] [161] | date uncertain | Europe, East Asia, Australia, Hawaii, North America | meat, eggs | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
European sea (Acipenser sturio), white (A. transmontanus), shortnose (A. brevirostrum), Persian (A. persicus), Siberian (A. baerii), Adriatic (A. naccarii) and starry sturgeons (A. stellatus) [162] [163] [164] [165] | date uncertain | Europe, Alaska, California, Canada, Iran, Russia, Albania, the Aegean Sea | meat, eggs, pets | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Malabar (Epinephelus malabaricus), giant (E. lanceolatus), greasy (E. tauvina), areolate (E. areolatus), dusky (E. marginatus), wavy-lined (E. undulosus), six-bar (E. sexfasciatus) and orange-spotted groupers (E. coioides) [166] [167] [168] | date uncertain | Asia, Australia, Fiji, South Africa, Italy, the Indo-Pacific | meat | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss); Chinook (O. tshawytscha) and Masu salmon (O. masou) | date uncertain | Europe, Asia, North America | meat, eggs | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (S. trutta) | date uncertain | Europe (including the United Kingdom), Alaska, Canada, Chile, Russia, Australia, Tasmania | meat, eggs | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Barramundi (Lates calcarifer), [169] Japanese lates (L. japonicus) and Nile perch (L. niloticus) [170] | date uncertain | the United Kingdom, Poland, the United States, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Japan, Africa | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) | date uncertain | the United States, Asia, Panama, Mexico | meat | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
European bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) | date uncertain | Europe | meat | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Milkfish (Chanos chanos) [171] | date uncertain | the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia | meat | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Northern pike (Esox lucius) [172] | date uncertain | Europe | meat, eggs, research, pets | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Alligator (Atractosteus spatula), Cuban (A. tristoechus) and tropical gars (A. tropicus) [173] [174] [175] | date uncertain | North America, Cuba, Costa Rica | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | date uncertain | China | meat, weed control | 5aCyprinidae | |||
Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) | date uncertain | China | meat, pest control, medicine | 5aCyprinidae | |||
Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) | date uncertain | China | meat | 5aCyprinidae | |||
Giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis) [176] | date uncertain | Vietnam | meat, pets | 5aCyprinidae | |||
Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) [177] [178] | date uncertain | the Amazon Basin | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) [179] | date uncertain | Europe | meat | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) and Mekong giant catfish (P. gigas) [180] | date uncertain | Southeast Asia | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) [181] | date uncertain | California, Colorado | meat | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Green (Etroplus suratensis) [182] and orange chromides (E. maculatus); Canara pearlspot (E. canarensis) | date uncertain | India | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) [183] | date uncertain | the Gulf of Mexico | meat, research | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Greater (Seriola dumerili), Japanese (S. quinqueradiata) and yellowtail amberjacks (S. lalandi); longfin yellowtail (S. rivoliana) [184] [185] | date uncertain | the Mediterranean Sea, Japan, Chile, Hawaii | meat | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Southern (Paralichthys lethostigma) and olive flounders (P. olivaceus) [186] | the 1980s (uncertain for P. lethostigma) | the United States, Japan, China, Korea | meat | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
European eel (Anguilla anguilla) | date uncertain | Europe, North America | meat | Captive-bred [187] | 5bOther fish | ||
Sugarbag bee (Tetragonula carbonaria) and Indian stingless bee (T. iridipennis) | date uncertain | Australia, India | honey, wax, propolis, pollination | 6aHymenoptera | |||
Dubia roach (Blaptica dubia) | date uncertain | Central America, South America | animal feed, pets | Captive-bred | 6bOther insects | ||
Mealworm (Tenebrio molitar) and superworm (Zophobas morio) | date uncertain | Europe | meat, animal feed, research | Captive-bred | 6bOther insects | ||
Red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) | date uncertain | the United States | research | Captive-bred | 6bOther insects | ||
Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) [188] | date uncertain | the United States | meat, animal feed, pollination, decomposing | Captive-bred | 6bOther insects | ||
Waxworms (Achroia grisella and Galleria mellonella) | date uncertain | Europe? | meat, bait, animal feed, research | Captive-bred | 6bOther insects | ||
American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) [189] | date uncertain | North America | meat, medicine, pets | Captive-bred | 6bOther insects | ||
Flame jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum) [190] | date uncertain | China | meat, medicine, pets | Captive-bred | 7cOther animals | ||
Common (Octopus vulgaris), common Sydney (O. tetricus), big blue (O. cyanea), Mexican four-eyed (O. maya), California two-spot (O. bimaculoides), Gould's (O. mimus), long arm (O. minor), Caribbean reef (O. briareus), Caribbean dwarf (O. mercatoris) and East Pacific red octopuses (O. rubescens) [191] [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] | date uncertain | Europe, Asia, North America, Western Australia, Hawaii, the Caribbean Sea | meat, ink, research, pets | Captive-bred | 7aMollusca | ||
Common periwinkle (Littorina littorea) | date uncertain | Europe | meat, shells | Captive-bred | 7aMollusca | ||
Garden snail (Cornu aspersum) | date uncertain | Europe | meat, eggs, shells, slime, pets | Captive-bred | 7aMollusca | ||
Giant Ghana African snail (Achatina achatina) [197] | date uncertain | Ghana, Kenya | meat, eggs, shells, slime, pets | Captive-bred | 7aMollusca | ||
Giant East African (Lissachatina fulica) [198] and African land snails (L. albopicta) | date uncertain | East Africa | meat, shells, slime, education, pets | Captive-bred | 7aMollusca | ||
Pacific (Eptatretus stoutii) and inshore hagfishes (E. burgeri) [199] [200] | date uncertain | the United States, South Korea, Japan | meat, skins, slime | Captive-bred | 5bOther fish | ||
Mud crab (Scylla serrata) | date uncertain | Asia | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 6cOther arthropods | ||
Flower crab (Portunus armatus) [201] [202] | date uncertain | Australia | meat | Captive-bred | 6cOther arthropods | ||
European (Homarus gammarus) and American lobsters (H. americanus) [203] [204] [205] | date uncertain | Europe, the United States | meat | Captive-bred | 6cOther arthropods | ||
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), northern leopard (L. pipiens), pig (L. grylio), and northern green frogs (L. clamitans melanota) | date uncertain | North America | meat, education, research, pets | Captive-bred | 4aAnura | ||
Pool (Pelophylax lessonae) and marsh frogs (P. ridibundus) [206] | date uncertain | Europe | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 4aAnura | ||
Crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora) | date uncertain | Java | meat | Captive-bred | 4aAnura | ||
Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) and Indus Valley bullfrog (H. tigerinus) | date uncertain | China, Thailand | meat, pets | Captive-bred | 4aAnura | ||
Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) | the 14th century CE | Europe | meat, pets | Captured in the wild or captive-bred | Extended in the wild and in captivity | 7aMollusca | |
New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) | the 1970s | New Zealand | meat, pets | Captured in the wild and captive-bred | 7aMollusca | ||
Purple dye murex (Bolinus brandaris) | classical antiquity (date uncertain) | the central and western Mediterranean Sea | Tyrian purple, meat | Historically captive-bred | No longer farmed | 7aMollusca | |
Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) | the 19th century CE [ citation needed ] | North America | pelts, pest control, pets | Tame when captive-bred, significant physical changes[ citation needed ] | Somewhat common in the wild and in captivity | 1cCarnivora |
The categories used in the Taxon group column are:
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities. While humans started gathering grains at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers only began planting them around 11,500 years ago. Sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle were domesticated around 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. In the 20th century, industrial agriculture based on large-scale monocultures came to dominate agricultural output.
Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater, brackish water, and saltwater populations under controlled or semi-natural conditions and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish. Aquaculture is also a practice used for restoring and rehabilitating marine and freshwater ecosystems. Mariculture, commonly known as marine farming, is aquaculture in seawater habitats and lagoons, as opposed to freshwater aquaculture. Pisciculture is a type of aquaculture that consists of fish farming to obtain fish products as food.
The cat, also referred to as the domestic cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat occurred in the Near East around 7500 BC. It is commonly kept as a pet and farm cat, but also ranges freely as a feral cat avoiding human contact. It is valued by humans for companionship and its ability to kill vermin. Its retractable claws are adapted to killing small prey species such as mice and rats. It has a strong, flexible body, quick reflexes, and sharp teeth, and its night vision and sense of smell are well developed. It is a social species, but a solitary hunter and a crepuscular predator. Cat communication includes vocalizations—including meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting—as well as body language. It can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by small mammals. It secretes and perceives pheromones.
Mariculture, sometimes called marine farming or marine aquaculture, is a branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other animal products, in seawater. Subsets of it include, fish farms built on littoral waters, or in artificial tanks, ponds or raceways which are filled with seawater. An example of the latter is the farming of plankton and seaweed, shellfish like shrimp or oysters, and marine finfish, in saltwater ponds. Non-food products produced by mariculture include: fish meal, nutrient agar, jewellery, and cosmetics.
The chicken is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets or for cockfighting.
The zebu, sometimes known in the plural as indicine cattle, Camel cow or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in South Asia. Zebu, like many Sanga cattle breeds, differs from taurine cattle by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large dewlap, and sometimes drooping ears. They are well adapted to withstanding high temperatures and are farmed throughout the tropics.
The common carp, also known as European carp or Eurasian carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia. The native wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but the species has also been domesticated and introduced into environments worldwide, and is often considered a destructive invasive species, being included in the list of the world's 100 worst invasive species. It gives its name to the carp family, Cyprinidae.
Domestication is a multi-generational mutualistic relationship in which an animal species, such as humans or leafcutter ants, takes over control and care of another species, such as sheep or fungi, to obtain from them a steady supply of resources, such as meat, milk, or labor. The process is gradual and geographically diffuse, based on trial and error. Domestication affected genes for behavior in animals, making them less aggressive. In plants, domestication affected genes for morphology, such as increasing seed size and stopping the shattering of cereal seedheads. Such changes both make domesticated organisms easier to handle and reduce their ability to survive in the wild.
Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture, which is the controlled cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and so on, in natural or pseudo-natural environments. A facility that releases juvenile fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species' natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Worldwide, the most important fish species produced in fish farming are carp, catfish, salmon and tilapia.
Selective breeding is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together. Domesticated animals are known as breeds, normally bred by a professional breeder, while domesticated plants are known as varieties, cultigens, cultivars, or breeds. Two purebred animals of different breeds produce a crossbreed, and crossbred plants are called hybrids. Flowers, vegetables and fruit-trees may be bred by amateurs and commercial or non-commercial professionals: major crops are usually the provenance of the professionals.
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starting with the Neolithic Revolution when animals were first domesticated, from around 13,000 BC onwards, predating farming of the first crops. During the period of ancient societies like ancient Egypt, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs were being raised on farms.
The pig, also called swine or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus Sus. It is considered a subspecies of Sus scrofa by some authorities, but as a distinct species by others. Pigs were domesticated in the Neolithic, both in East Asia and in the Near East. When domesticated pigs arrived in Europe, they extensively interbred with wild boar but retained their domesticated features.
Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, and included a diverse range of taxa. At least eleven separate regions of the Old and New World were involved as independent centers of origin. The development of agriculture about 12,000 years ago changed the way humans lived. They switched from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles to permanent settlements and farming.
The dog is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from an extinct population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. The dog was the first species to be domesticated by humans, over 14,000 years ago and before the development of agriculture. Experts estimate that due to their long association with humans, dogs have gained the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids.
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Animals form a clade, meaning that they arose from a single common ancestor. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described, of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been estimated there are as many as 7.77 million animal species on Earth. Animal body lengths range from 8.5 μm (0.00033 in) to 33.6 m (110 ft). They have complex ecologies and interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology, and the study of animal behaviour is known as ethology.
Genetic pollution is a term for uncontrolled gene flow into wild populations. It is defined as "the dispersal of contaminated altered genes from genetically engineered organisms to natural organisms, esp. by cross-pollination", but has come to be used in some broader ways. It is related to the population genetics concept of gene flow, and genetic rescue, which is genetic material intentionally introduced to increase the fitness of a population. It is called genetic pollution when it negatively impacts the fitness of a population, such as through outbreeding depression and the introduction of unwanted phenotypes which can lead to extinction.
The aquaculture of salmonids is the farming and harvesting of salmonid fish under controlled conditions for both commercial and recreational purposes. Salmonids, along with carp and tilapia, are the three most important fish groups in aquaculture. The most commonly commercially farmed salmonid is the Atlantic salmon.
Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animals who are raised for consumption, and sometimes used to refer solely to farmed ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, and goats. Horses are considered livestock in the United States. The USDA classifies pork, veal, beef, and lamb (mutton) as livestock, and all livestock as red meat. Poultry and fish are not included in the category. The latter is likely due to the fact that fish products are not governed by the USDA, but by the FDA.
Cattle are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.
Domestic mink, also known as domestic American mink, are a domesticated, carnivorous mammal, bred for hunting and pest control. Domestic mink differ from their wild ancestors, the American mink, in fur colour, size, thicker pelts, and higher tranquility. Domesticated mink come from fur farms, and are the most common animal raised for their fur, with over 50 million farmed annually. Debate has occurred whether the domestic mink is domesticated or not.
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