[[File:Pigeons and tourists.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Rock dove|Pigeons]] intermingle with tourists in [[Venice]]]]
A '''synanthrope''' (from ancient Greek σύν ''sýn'' "together, with" and ἄνθρωπος ''ánthrōpos'' "man") is an [[organism]] that lives[[evolution|evolve]]d to live near [[human]]s and benefitsbenefit from humans[[human settlement]]s and [[human impact on the environment|their environmental modifications]] (see also [[anthropophilia]] for animals who live close to humans as parasites[[parasite]]s). The term synanthrope includes many species[[animal]]s and [[plant]]s regarded as [[pest (organism)|pest]]s or weeds[[weed]]s, but does not include [[domestication|domesticated]] animalsspecies.<ref name="sprawl" /> Common synanthrope habitats[[habitat]]s include houses[[house]]s, gardens[[shed]]s and [[barn]]s, farms[[non-building structure]]s, parks[[garden]]s, roadsides[[park]]s, [[farm]]s, [[road verge]]s and [[rubbish dumpsdump]]s.
