biological family

Japanese: biological family(英語表記)biologicalfamily
biological family


[Animal families]
The term "family" is also widely used in animal ecology and behavioral science, but in many cases it is not based on a strict definition, and it is better to distinguish it from human families as a biological family. A pair of birds and their chicks are collectively called a family, and a group of one male and one female and their children, such as a gibbon, is also called a family.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "biological family" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


【動物における家族】
 家族familyという言葉は,動物生態学や行動学などでも一般に広く用いられているが,多くは厳密な定義に基づくものではなく,生物学的家族biological familyとして人間家族とは区別することが望ましい。鳥類のつがいとその雛たちをまとめて家族と呼び,テナガザルのように雌雄各1頭とその子どもからなる集団を家族と呼んだりする。…

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