Classification of animals

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Classification of Animals

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Classification of Animals

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Invertebrates

Animals without a backbone.

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Classification of Animals

Scientists divided the Animal Kingdom into two main groups:

vertebrates (animals with a

backbone)

invertebrates (animals without

a backbone)

and

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Vertebrates

Animals with backbones can be divided into five more groups:

Mammals Birds Reptiles

Amphibians Fish

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Vertebrates

Animals with a backbone.

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MAMMALS

• Wild Land Mammals have got 4 legs. • There are sea Mammals• Mammals have got hair or fur.• Wild Land Mammals have • got big ears outside their bodies.• Mother mammal gives milk to her baby.• Mammals have got lungs. They need

air.

• Mammals have got warm blood.

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Birds• They are vertebrates.• They have got wings.

They have got feathers.

• They can’t crawl. They can fly and swim.

• They live in nests.• They lay eggs.• They have got lungs.

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Reptiles• Are cold-blooded.• Lay eggs.• Have a dry skin

covered with scales.

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Amphibians• They can live in land and

wáter.• They have got Lungs and Gills• They have got webbed feet.• They have got moist skin.• They’ve got cold blood.• They have got 4 legs. Baby

amphibians haven’t got legs!!!• They can lay thousands of

eggs.

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Fish• They can live under water.• They have got grills. • They haven’t got lungs.• They have got scales• They have got fins• They’ve got cold blood.• They can swim.• They lay millions of little

eggs!!.• They can’t close their eyes

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