wildlife

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030456",
  "term": "wildlife",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Free, undomesticated species of plants and animals on earth.\n\n2. U.S. Forest Service usage. All nondomesticated mammals, birds, rep-tiles, and amphibians living in a natural environment, including both game spe-cies and nongame species, whether considered beneficial or otherwise. Animals, or their progeny, which once were domesticated but escaped captivity and are running wild (i.e., feral animals), such as horses, burros, and hogs, are not considered to be wildlife. (U.S. Forest Serv., FSM 2605, Sept. 1974)\n\n3. Generally, all non-domesticated animal life. (Ford-Robertson 1971)\n\n4. More particularly, a loose term that includes non-domesticated verte-brates especially mammals, birds and fish and some of the higher inverte-brates (such as crabs, crayfish, etc.) (Ford-Robertson 1971)",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "USDA Forest Service Wildland Planning Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/wildlife/"
}