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KINGDOM ANIMALIA CHARTS, Part II

Read first: Comparing Chordates (Ch 33) and Appendix E. Read and refer to your textbook to complete the
charts, IN DETAIL: Chordates, Fish and Amphibians (Ch 30); Reptiles and Birds (Ch 31); Mammals (Ch 32).

VERTEBRATES
FISH: JAWLESS,
CARTILAGINOUS, AND BONY
Superclass AGNATHA:

EXAMPLES

Class Chondrichthyes:
Class Osteichthyes:

UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTICS
(what features make this
group this group?)

Agnatha:

FORM AND
FUNCTION
specialized cells or tissues
description of overall body
design (porous, flat,
segmented, etc.)

Chondrichthyes:

Osteichthyes:

METHOD OF
FEEDING/DIGESTION
free-living vs. parasitic?
ingestion vs. absorption?
complete digestive system vs.
digestive glands?

METHOD OF
REPRODUCTION
sexual vs. asexual
reproduction? sexes
separate? hermaphrodites?
internal vs. external
fertilization? regeneration
possible? type of egg?

CLASS AMPHIBIA

VERTEBRATES
CLASS REPTILIA

CLASS AVES

carapace (in turtles):

crop:

EXAMPLES

UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTICS

FORM AND
FUNCTION

gizzard:

air sacs(respiration):

METHOD OF
FEEDING/DIGESTION

Amniotic egg:

METHOD OF
REPRODUCTION

VERTEBRATES
CLASS MAMMALIA:
Monotremes and Marsupials
Monotremes:

EXAMPLES
Marsupials:

Monotremes:

UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTICS

Marsupials:

Monotremes:

FORM AND
FUNCTION
Marsupials:

METHOD OF
FEEDING/DIGESTION

Monotremes:

METHOD OF
REPRODUCTION

Marsupials:

CLASS MAMMALIA:
Placental Mammals
(you do not need to know the order
names)