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CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS

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ANIMALS

1.- WE CAN CLASSIFY ANIMALS INTO VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES.

 -VERTEBRATES HAVE A BACKBONE.

 -INVERTEBRATES DON`T HAVE A BACKBONE

2.-VERTEBRATES

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VERTEBRATES:

-MAMMALS

-BIRDS

-REPTILES

-AMPHIBIANS

-FISH

3.-INVERTEBRATES

THEY ARE THE BIGGEST GROUP OF ANIMALS ON EARTH.

-NONE OF THEM HAVE A BACKBONE.

-SOME HAVE A SOFT BODY (WORM),

-SOME  HAVE A SHELL (SNAIL), SOME HAVE AN EXOSKELETON (CRABS)

4.-REPRODUCTION

ANIMALS REPRODUCE IN TWO WAYS:

-MAMMALS ARE VIVIPAROUS. THEY ARE BORN LIVE. THEY DRINK THEIR MOTHER’S MILK.

 -OTHER ANIMALS LAY EGGS. THEY ARE OVIPAROUS:

AMPHIBIANS, BIRDS, FISH, INVERTEBRATES

4.-ANIMALS EAT:

WE CAN CLASSIFY ANIMALS BY WHAT THEY EAT:

-HERBIVORES EAT PLANTS

-CARNIVORES  EAT OTHER ANIMALS

-OMNIVORES EAT PLANTS AND OTHER ANIMALS.

5.-COVERING

ANIMALS HAVE DIFFERENT COVERINGS:

-SKIN. ALL ANIMALS HAVE SKIN .

-FUR

-FEATHERS

-SCALES

-SHELL