Sceletus[1][2] (ab adiectivo Graeco σκελετός 'siccatus'), vel in vocabulario anatomico sceletum,[3] est in lingua communi durum systema in corpore vertebratorum, super quod musculi, ligamenta, et cutis tenduntur. In biologia et palaeontologia alia systemata functionem similem habentia etiam sceleta nominantur.
Sceleti vertebratorum: 1, Homo sapiens; 2, calva hominis; 3, Australopithecus; 4, Homo neanderthalensis; 5, Pan troglodytes; 6, Papio hamadryas; 7, Rhinopithecus roxellanae; 8, Gorilla; 9, Sus scrofa; 10, Bos taurus; 11, Leo; 12, Lupus; 13, Equus; 14, Elephas; 15, Capra; 16, Hippotamus; 17, Camelus; 18, Macropus giganteus; 19, Damaliscus korrigum; 20, Odobenus rosmarus; 21, Chiroptera; 22, Cetus; 23, Accipiter; 24, Psittacus; 25, Gallus; 26, calva galli; 27, Ramphastus sulfuratus; 28, Casuarius casuarius; 29, Sphenisciformes; 30, Grus; 31, Sharivopteryx; 32, Natrix; 33, Viperidae; 34, Boa constrictor; 35, Crocodylus; 36, Lacertilia; 37, Testudo; 38, Rana; 39, Salamandra; 40, Perca fluviatilis; 41, Acipenser; 42, Balistoides viridescens; 43, Rajiformes; 44, Polypterus.