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Animals Classification Vertebrate Animals: Mammals Fish Birds

The document classifies animals into vertebrates and invertebrates. Vertebrates are divided into mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians based on characteristics like having a backbone, feathers/fur, warm or cold-blooded, viviparous or oviparous reproduction. Invertebrates include arthropods like insects, arachnids and crustaceans with exoskeletons and segmented bodies, as well as molluscs, worms, echinoderms, jellyfish and sponges.

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Animals Classification Vertebrate Animals: Mammals Fish Birds

The document classifies animals into vertebrates and invertebrates. Vertebrates are divided into mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians based on characteristics like having a backbone, feathers/fur, warm or cold-blooded, viviparous or oviparous reproduction. Invertebrates include arthropods like insects, arachnids and crustaceans with exoskeletons and segmented bodies, as well as molluscs, worms, echinoderms, jellyfish and sponges.

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ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION

VERTEBRATE ANIMALS
MAMMALS FISH BIRDS

- Vertebrate (backbone) - Vertebrate (backbone) - Vertebrate (backbone)


- Viviparous - Oviparous - Oviparous
- Fur or hair - Scales and fins - Feather and wings
- Warm blooded - Cold blooded - Warm blooded
- Lungs to breath - Gills to breath - Lungs to breath
- Feed young with milk

REPTILES AMPHIBIANS

- Vertebrate (Backbone) - Vertebrate (backbone)


- Oviparous - Oviparous
- Scales and dry skin - Moist skin
- Cold blooded - Cold blooded
- Lungs to breath - Lungs and skin to breath
- Suffer metamorphosis
INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS: are the biggest group of invertebrates. All arthropods have an external skeleton that
protects their body. They also have many legs.
INSECTS ARACHNIDS CRUSTACEANS MYRIAPODS
- 6 legs - 8 legs - 10 legs - Lots of legs
- Exoskeleton - Exoskeleton - Exoskeleton - Exoskeleton
- 3 body parts (head, - 2 body parts - 2 body parts - Two antennae
thorax and abdomen) (cephalothorax and (cephalothorax and - Body has lots of
-Two antennae abdomen) abdomen) segments
- Many have wings - Most have 8 eyes - Two antennae
- Suffer metamorphosis - Dont have antennae or - Examples: crabs,
wings prawns, lobster
- Examples: spiders,
scorpions

- Examples: wasps, ants,


butterflies

MOLLUSCS: all have soft muscular bodies that they use to move along the ground or through the water.
Nearly all molluscs have a shell.
GASTROPODS BIVALVES CEPHALOPODS
- Some have a protective shell. - Two shells connected at one - An internal shell
- Two eyes at the end of antennae point - Soft body
- Soft body - Soft body - Large head with tentacles
- Live on land and in the water - Live in water - Live in water
- Examples: snails, slugs - Examples: mussels, clams, oyster - Examples: squids, octopus

WORMS ECHINODERMS JELLYFISH SPONGES


- Have a long soft - Have many small feet - Can be dangerous - They cannot move
segmented body that is - Examples: starfish, sea - Have poisonous because are fixed to the
made of rings urchins, sea cucumbers tentacles ground
- Examples: earthworms - Example: jellyfish - Their body is full of
holes, known as pores

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