This document summarizes the economic importance of mammals. It discusses how mammals are used in agriculture for tilling soil and as manure, in transportation by being used as beasts of burden, as scavengers, in laboratories as research animals, for hunting and sports, as pets, in zoos, for recreation, and as a food source by providing meat and milk. Mammals like cows, buffalo, and goats provide the bulk of the world's meat and milk supply which are important foods for humans.

1. P. G. Department of
Zoology
M.Sc. II
Seminar by:
Mr. Kare Samadhan Dattatray
Roll. No.: 17223

2. Economical Importance Of Mammals

3. Introduction
• The Mammals are Vertebrates consist of Mammary glands.
• Mammals are evolved 300 millions years ago.
• Neocortex present in brain.
• Around 6400 species of Mammals have described divided into
29 orders.
• Body consist of Fur or Hairs.

4. Importance of mammals
• Some animals are helpful to human-being with
regards to their activities
• They are used for agricultural and transport
purpose, as scavengers ,in hunting and sports
as a pets and predators of pest mammals.

5. • Mammals like ox, buffalo, camel are employed in
agriculture work
• Commonly found to be used for tilling of the soil
• The dung and urine of the cow, buffalo, sheep,
goat etc. used in the form of the highly
nitrogenous natural manure.
In Agriculture

6. • A large number of transport facilities are evolved but
in certain rural areas mammals are used for transport in
various field
• Man has expert and trained to horses ox camel buffalo
and elephants
• Camels donkey horse and elephants are used as beast
of burden
• Reindeers and tundra dogs used in tundra Pradesh and
yak in Tibet and bison in America used for transport
• Camels are widely used in desert for transportation
In Transport

7. As a scavengers
• The importance of the mammals as a scavenger is can not be to ignored
• Hyaenas jackals and pigs are functions as a natural scavengers.
Laboratory Animals
• Common mammals such as rats, guinea pigs,
rabbits, cats, pigs, monkeys, apes, dogs, etc., are
extensively used in laboratories for research and
scientific studies.

8. In Hunting And Sports
• From time immemorial hunting has been of interest to human-beings for
recreation and men in all parts of the world engage themselves in this
activity.
• Sport hunting is commonly considered to be of two types i.e., 'big game'
and 'small game.
• The big game may provide protection from a number of larger carnivores
viz, lion, wild boar, tiger etc.
• The small games are generally restricted to the smaller mammals such as
rabbits, squirrel etc. and is played locally.

9. (i) Pets:
• Since time immemorial, man has tried to tame a
large number of mammals as pets such as
monkeys, bears, mongooses, rabbits, etc.
• But only dogs and cats have become popular and
of general interest.
In Recreation

10. (ii) Zoos:
• Lions, tigers, horses, elephants and monkeys are
generally employed in sports and circuses.
• Larger and rarer varieties of mammals are
exhibited in zoological gardens and national
parks.

11. As a Food
Mammals have been serving as food for man since very
ancient time.
(i) Meat:
• The domesticated mammals provide enormous
quantities of various kinds of meat and meat products.
• cattle, buffaloes, pigs, goats, sheep, reindeer, etc.,
provide the bulk of meat supply of the world.
• Seals, whales, rabbits and even dogs, rats and bears are
also used as food in many parts of the world.

12. (ii) Milk:
• Cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, llamas, camels,
reindeers, etc., provide milk which forms an
important product for human food.
• Ghee, butter, cheese and curd are prepared
from milk.

13. References
• Shukla, G. S., & Upadhyay, V. B. (2010). Economic
zoology. Rastogi Publications.

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