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A typical pet store in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
A pet store or pet shop is a retail business which sells a number of varieties of animals, including fish for home aquariums, small birds such as parakeets, small mammals such as fancy rats and hamsters, and small reptiles such as lizards and snakes. Mice, small goldfish, and other animals that serve to be live food (called feeders) for reptiles and fish are also usually sold. Pet stores also sell a range of food, supplies, and accessories.

Puppies and kittens

Less common in pet stores are larger mammals such as dogs and cats.

There are many small, privately owned pet stores that carry puppies and kittens, maintain a superb level. In the UK and many other countries dogs and cats are not sold at pet stores.

Exotic pets

Exotic pets like sugar gliders, large snakes and large parrots are available at some pet shops. Because the care of these types of animals is difficult and expensive, usually only stores that specialize in exotic animals carry them as regular stock.

In computer science

In computer science, a "pet store program" is an example of how to use a particular software framework or set of libraries to build a real program. Its concept is similar to the Hello world program. It has been made popular by Sun Microsystems for illustrating J2EE, and many other vendors followed.

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Pet insurance

External links

  • Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council - Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is the world’s largest pet trade association, representing all segments of the pet industry.
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aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants
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parakeet is a term for any one of a large number of unrelated small parrot species. It is mainly used instead of Conure for small long-tailed members of the Arini in the Americas, and in Australia colloquially for many species.
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Murinae

Genus: Rattus
Fischer de Waldheim, 1803

Species

R. rattus
R. norvegicus
The fancy rat or pet rat is a domesticated breed of the Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus
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Cricetinae
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Genera

Mesocricetus
Phodopus
Cricetus
Cricetulus
Allocricetulus
Cansumys
Tscherskia
Hamsters
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses
  • Anapsida
  • Diapsida
Synonyms
  • Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Lacertilia*
Günther, 1867

Families

Many, see text.

Lizards are reptiles of the order Squamata, normally possessing four legs, external ear openings and movable eyelids.
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Serpentes
Linnaeus, 1758

Infraorders and Families
  • Alethinophidia - Nopcsa, 1923
  • Acrochordidae- Bonaparte, 1831

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MOUSE was founded in 1997 by entrepreneur Andrew Rasiej and Founding Executive Director Sarah Holloway. Along with leaders from the "high tech" community in New York City, MOUSE spearheaded the process of wiring public schools for Internet access in New York City.
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C. a. auratus/C. a. gibelio

Trinomial name
Carassius auratus auratus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

For the baked snack crackers, please see Goldfish (snack).

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C. l. familiaris

Trinomial name
Canis lupus familiaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora.
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F. s. catus

Trinomial name
Felis silvestris catus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms
Felis lybica invalid junior synonym
Felis catus invalid junior synonym[2]

The cat (
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exotic pet is a rare or unusual creature kept as a pet, or a creature kept as a pet which is not commonly thought of as a pet.

The definition is an evolving one; some rodents, reptiles, and amphibians have become firmly enough established in the world of animal fancy to no
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P. breviceps

Binomial name
Petaurus breviceps
Waterhouse, 1839


Sugar Glider natural range:

Red: P. b.

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Psittaciformes
Wagler, 1830

Systematics

(but see below)

Family Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Microglossinae (Palm Cockatoo)
  • Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae (dark cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Cacatuinae (white cockatoos)

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Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems.
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A software framework is a reusable design for a software system (or subsystem). This is expressed as a set of abstract classes and the way their instances collaborate for a specific type of software.[1][2] Software frameworks can be object-oriented designs.
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library is a collection of subprograms used to develop software. Libraries contain "helper" code and data, which provide services to independent programs. This allows code and data to be shared and changed in a modular fashion.
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A "hello world" program is a computer program that prints out "Hello, World!" on a display device. It is used in many introductory tutorials for teaching a programming language. Such a program is typically one of the simplest programs possible in a computer language.
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Sun Microsystems

Public (NASDAQ:  JAVA )
Founded 1982
Headquarters Santa Clara, California, United States

Key people Scott McNealy, Chairman
Jonathan I.
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Pet Insurance pays the veterinary costs if one's pet is ill or is injured in an accident. Some policies also pay out if the pet dies, or is lost or stolen.

The purpose of pet insurance is to mitigate the risk of incurring significant expense to treat ill or injured pets.
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