| LC control no. | sh 85005255 |
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| LC classification | QL756 QL756.15 |
| Topical heading | Animals--Habitations |
| Variant(s) | Animal dwellings, Wild Animal habitations Animal homes, Wild Animals, Habitations of Denning (Animal behavior) Dens (Animal habitations) Dwellings, Animal Dwellings, Wild animal Habitations of wild animals Lairs (Animal habitations) Wild animal dwellings |
| See also | subdivisions Habitations and Nests under individual animals and groups of animals, e.g. Fishes--Habitations; Fishes--Nests Animal behavior Animal ecology |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on natural shelters and homes that animals build for themselves, such as burrows, dens, lairs, lodges, etc. Works on the shelters and structures that humans construct and provide for wild or domestic animals are entered under Animal housing. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Animal housing |
| Found in | Web. 3 (Habitation) Biol. & agr. index. Mueller, F.P. Tundra esker systems and denning by grizzly bears, wolves, foxes, and ground squirrels in the central Arctic, Northwest Territories, 1995: p. iii (den characteristics; den sites; bear dens) p. 1 (denning ecology of wildlife; den habitat) Am. herit. dict. of the Eng. lang., c2000, via WWW, Dec. 7, 2001 (den 1. The shelter or retreat of a wild animal; a lair; lair 1. The den or dwelling of a wild animal) Web. 3 (¹den 1: the lair of a wild animal, esp. of a beast of prey; ¹lair 3a: the bed or living place of a wild animal: den) |
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