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    This document compares and contrasts the key characteristics of five groups of vertebrates: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. It lists features such as how they are born (viviparous or oviparous), how they breathe (with lungs or gills), their body covering (fur/hair, feathers, scales), locomotion (legs and wings or fins), temperature regulation ability, diet, and other traits like habitat. The bottom section classifies example animal species into the correct vertebrate group.

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    This document compares and contrasts the key characteristics of five groups of vertebrates: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. It lists features such as how they are born (viviparous or oviparous), how they breathe (with lungs or gills), their body covering (fur/hair, feathers, scales), locomotion (legs and wings or fins), temperature regulation ability, diet, and other traits like habitat. The bottom section classifies example animal species into the correct vertebrate group.

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    This document compares and contrasts the key characteristics of five groups of vertebrates: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. It lists features such as how they are born (viviparous or oviparous), how they breathe (with lungs or gills), their body covering (fur/hair, feathers, scales), locomotion (legs and wings or fins), temperature regulation ability, diet, and other traits like habitat. The bottom section classifies example animal species into the correct vertebrate group.

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    Date: ____________________________________________________

    Number: ______

    VERTEBRATES
    Groups

    Mammals

    Birds

    They are viviparous

    Oviparous

    With lungs

    With lungs

    What is covering
    their bodies?

    With fur or hair

    With feathers

    What do they use


    to move?

    They use legs

    They use 2 legs


    and 2 wings

    They cant control


    it.

    They cant control


    their temperature.

    How are they born?

    How do they
    breathe?

    Can they control


    their temperature?

    Theyre warm
    blooded.

    What do they eat?

    They are
    herbivores,
    carnivores, or
    omnivores (they
    eat plants or
    animals)

    They are
    omnivores.

    Fish

    Reptiles

    Amphibians

    Other
    characteristics.

    They have legs.


    Cant breathe
    under water.

    Have a backbone.
    Penguins cant fly.
    Evolved from
    dinosaurs.

    Classify the animals below into each group of vertebrates:


    MAMMALS

    rhinoceros

    BIRDS

    alligator

    ray

    FISH

    swan

    goat

    REPTILES

    woodpecker

    turtle

    AMPHIBIANS

    toad

    dolphin

    hammerhead shark
    hummingbird
    seahorse
    salamander

    chameleon
    gecko
    lizard

    newt

    seagull
    seal

    cuckoo
    cheetah
    stork
    platypus

    raccoon
    caecilian
    eel

    snake
    hedgehog

    swordfish
    clownfish

    vulture
    frog
    swallow

    tortoise
    goose
    salmon

    hare
    otter

    albatross
    tuna

    komodo dragon

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