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Class Agnatha:Jawless fish. Skeleton is made of cartilage, two-chambered heart, no paired fins, e.g. lamprey.

Class Chondrichthyes: Cartilagenous fish. Paired fins, skeleton made of cartilage, gills, e.g. shark, stingray. Class Osteichthyes: Bony fish. Skeleton of bone, two-chambered heart, gills, e.g. eel, salmon, seahorse. Class Amphibia: Frogs, newts. Young are aquatic, but adults also terrestrial (land-dwelling) with lungs, three-chambered heart, moist skin, no scales, e.g. cane toad, salamander, frogs. Class Reptilia: Reptiles. Terrestrial and aquatic, but all have lungs and breathe air. Dry, scaly skin, threechambered heart, eggs with soft shells or young born alive, e.g. tortoise, crocodile, snakes, lizards, goannas. Class Aves: Birds. Mostly terrestrial, scales modified as feathers, hard-shell eggs, front limbs modified as wings, four-chambered heart, endothermic (warm-blooded), e.g. kiwi, emu, all birds. Class Mammalia: Mostly terrestrial, mammary glands of females produce milk, scales modified as hairs or fur, four-chambered heart, endothermic (warm-blooded). Mammals survive successfully in most habitats because they are endothermic and show a wide range of adaptations. Orders of mammals Order Monotremata: Egg laying mammals. Mammary glands lack nipples. There are only two monotremes in the world, both of which are only found in Australia - the platypus and the echidna. Order Marsupialia: Pouched mammals. Young born undeveloped, then grow further on a nipple in the pouch, e.g. kangaroo, possum. Order Primates: Internal development of young with placenta, eyes usually directed forward, nails instead of claws, e.g. monkey, chimp, ape, human.

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