Categories of Animal Behavior
Comprehensive list of categories of animal behaviours useful to assign topic to a specific observation.
Physiology
- Hunting, Foraging, Feeding
- Drinking
- Preening, Self-grooming
- Resting, Sleeping
- Flying, Landing
- Shedding, Molting
- Thermoregulation
- Hibernation (inactivity during period of cold temperatures)
- Estivation (inactivity during period of hot temperatures)
Territory, Defense
- Vigilance Behavior
- Territorial Behavior, Marking, Scent marking, Territory Defense
- Aggression, Fighting
- Agonistic displays (e.g. threat displays, submission displays)
Social Behaviour
- Nesting, Burrowing
- Communication (e.g. vocalizations, body language)
- Social Grooming
- Courtship, Mating
- Caring for offspring, Parenting
- Playing
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