An animal is a living being that can move by its own means.

Animals ingest their food,

develop sexual reproduction and absorb oxygen through breathing. These are just
some basic features but, of course, animals can be very different from each other.
Animals can be classified as either vertebrates or invertebrates.
Vertebrates are animals that have a backbone inside their body. The major groups
include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Invertebrates don't have a backbone. They either have a soft body, like worms and
jellyfish, or a hard outer casing covering their body, like spiders and crabs.
Vertebrates can be subdivided into five major groups: fishes, amphibians, reptiles,
birds, and mammals.
Fishes
they do not have four legs or limbs, although they generally have two pairs of fins and
several unpaired fins that allow them to move efficiently through water. They are
almost all entirely aquatic, although there are a few species that can survive out of the
water for short periods of time. Their habitats cover all aquatic regions on Earth
including oceans, rivers, lakes, and other freshwater sources.
Amphibians
Amphibians are cold-blooded (ectothermic) vertebrate tetrapods that generally respire
air as adults but usually require an aquatic (freshwater) environment for reproduction.
Reptiles
Reptiles are also cold-blooded (ectothermic) vertebrate tetrapods, but they differ from
amphibians in a number of important ways. Unlike amphibians, reptiles are amniotes
that are not dependent on water in order to reproduce. All reptiles use lungs to
breath, although there are some species that are also able to absorb oxygen through
their skin.
Birds
Birds are warm-blooded (endothermic), egg-laying vertebrate tetrapods. They are
characterized by the presence of feathers and wings. Almost all birds are capable of
flight. The few species that are not, such as ostriches and penguins, evolved from flying
ancestor species but lost the capability over the course of their evolution.
Mammals
Mammals are warm-blooded (endothermic) vertebrates that differ in many ways from
members of other vertebrate classes. Mammals have hair on their skin, three bones in
the middle ear, a four-chambered heart. Mammals derive their name from the fact
that they produce milk to feed their young using mammary glands. Nearly all mammals
are viviparous and give birth to live young, although there is one group, the
monotremes, that lays eggs, which undergo external development.
INVERTEBRATES
Mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and birds all have vertebrae. This might seem like
a lot of the animals you know, but all these animals make up less than 4% of the total
animals species. This means that over 96% of all the animal species on Earth are
invertebrates.

What are some invertebrate animals?

Marine Invertebrates - There are a wide variety of interesting ocean animals that are
invertebrates. These include sponges, corals, jellyfish, anemones, and starfish.
Mollusks - Mollusks have a soft body that is covered by an outer layer called a mantle.
Many mollusks live inside a shell, but not all of them. Some examples of mollusks
include squid, snails, slugs, octopuses, and oysters.
Crustaceans - Crustaceans are a type of arthropod, meaning that they have jointed
legs. They also have an exoskeleton (their bones are on the outside like a shell). Some
examples of crustaceans are crabs, lobster, shrimp, and barnacles.
Worms - The term "worm" is not a scientific word, but is often used to refer to
invertebrate animals that don't have legs. Worms may live in the soil, in the water, or
even inside other animals as parasites. Some examples include the tapeworm, the
leech, and the earthworm.
Insects - Insects are part of the Earth's largest animal phylum, the arthropods. There
are over 1 million species of insects including such animals as the grasshopper,
dragonfly,