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Animal Folk Classification

Animal Folk Classification is a folk taxonomic system that categorizes fauna according to culturally specific, empirically derived criteria distinguishing it from scientific zoological classification by emphasizing local ecological knowledge, utilitarian significance, and perceptual salience in human-animal interactions.

38

Publications

2.9K

Citations

75

Authors

35

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Folk Zoology

Parents

Publications

38

General Principles of Classification and Nomenclature in Folk Biology

Brent Berlin, Dennis E. Breedlove, Peter H. Raven · American Anthropologist · 1973 · 952 citations

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Tzeltal Folk Zoology: The Classification of Discontinuities in Nature

Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo, Eugene S. Hunn · Man · 1979 · 251 citations

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Ethnobiological Classification: Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies

Terence E. Hays · Journal of Linguistic Anthropology · 1994 · 205 citations

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Folk Classification, Perception, and Preferences of Baobab Products in West Africa: Consequences for Species Conservation and Improvement

A.E. Assogbadjo, Romain Glèlè Kakaï, Flora Josiane Chadaré et al. · Economic Botany · 2008 · 188 citations

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Evolution and devolution of knowledge: a tale of two biologies

Scott Atran, Douglas L. Medin · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 2004 · 149 citations · Full text

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Authors

75

  1. CH
    Cecil H. Brown

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    4 publications · 165 citations

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  2. SA
    Scott Atran

    Institut Jean Nicod, France

    2 publications · 208 citations

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  3. JD
    José da Silva Mourão

    Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Brazil

    2 publications · 56 citations

    2

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  4. TE
    Terence E. Hays

    Rhode Island College, United States

    1 publications · 205 citations

    1

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  5. HR
    Harriet Ritvo

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

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Institutions

35

  1. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  2. Northern Illinois University

    DeKalb, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    302 citations

  3. Universidade Federal da Paraíba

    João Pessoa, Brazil

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  4. Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

    Campina Grande, Brazil

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    104 citations

  5. Université d'Abomey-Calavi

    Cotonou, Benin

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    766 citations

  6. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    154 citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

    3 publications · 123 citations

    3

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  2. Journal of Ethnobiology

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

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  3. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    2 publications · 91 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Baltic Science Education

    JBSE · 2 publications · 57 citations

    2

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  5. American Ethnologist

    AE · 2 publications · 75 citations

    2

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