Unione Zoologica Italiana
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Unione Zoologica Italiana is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 scientific society devoted to Zoology
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...

 especially that of Italy.

The Society was founded in 1900.
Publications include (from 2006) The Italian Journal of Zoology previously (from 1930), published under the name of Il Bollettino di Zoologia.Archivio zoologico italiano : pubblicato sotto gli auspicii della unione zoologica precedes this (from 1902) http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/46199,http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/6319 which replaced Monitore zoologico italianohttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8983 reflecting the loose associations of zoologists and anatomists also using the title Unione Zoologica Italiana prior to the formal grouping of 1900.

The Society collaborates with La Società Entomologica Italiana
La Società Entomologica Italiana
La Società Entomologica Italiana, the Italian Entomological Society, is Italy’s foremost society devoted to the study of insects. The society is famous for promoting applied entomology and many of its past members have saved millions from deadly diseases such as malaria.The society was founded on...

, the Italian Entomological Society in maintaining a website listing the Italian Fauna FaunaItalia.

The endemic Spectacled Salamander
Spectacled Salamander
The Spectacled Salamander is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family.It is found only in Italy.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss....

is the emblem of the Society.
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