Animal Diversity (Zoo-51T-101) B.Sc. I Semester

Animal Diversity (Zoo-51T-101) is a Hindi medium zoology textbook for B.Sc. I Semester students, written as per the CBCS pattern. Written by Dr. Pratap Chand Mali, Dr. Mahasingh, Dr. Vinod Kumari and Gordhan Lal Digrawal, the book covers the animal kingdom in 39 chapters. Each major group is introduced through its general characteristics and classification, from Protista/Protozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes and Nemathelminthes to Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata and Protochordata. The vertebrate chapters cover Agnatha, Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammals. Special topics include locomotion in Protozoa, the canal system in sponges, polymorphism in Hydrozoa, Taenia solium, Ascaris, parasitic adaptations, metamerism, crustacean larvae, metamorphosis in insects, torsion in Gastropoda, pearl culture, the water vascular system, parental care and migration in fishes, poisonous snakes, flight adaptations in birds, and dentition in mammals. The 2024 edition runs to 400 pages. A semester text for Hindi medium B.Sc. first semester zoology students preparing the Zoo-51T-101 paper.