Animal Kingdom

Phylum vertebrates Etc…

(Animals with a backbone) Phylum arthropods
(Animals with no backbone,
pairs of jointed legs and a
waterproof exoskeleton)
Class sh Class amphibians Class reptiles Class birds Class mammals
• have scaly skin, gills and ns • have moist skin • have scaly skin and waterproof eggshells • have feathers, 2 wings, a beak and hard • have hair, a placenta, a diaphragm and
• lay eggs underwater • e.g. crocodile, lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise eggshells different types of teeth
• larvae live in water and adults on land • have a heart with 4 chambers • have a heart with 4 chambers
• e.g. frog, toad, salamander • give birth to live young Class insects Class crustaceans Class arachnids Class myriapods
• young feeds on milk from mammary • have 3 pairs of jointed legs and 2 pairs of • have gills and more than 4 pairs of jointed • have 4 pairs of jointed legs and modi ed • body has many segments
glands wings legs gills called book lungs • each segment has jointed legs
• body divided into head, thorax and • not centipedes or millipedes • e.g. spider, tick, scorpion • e.g. centipede, millipede
abdomen • e.g. crab, lobster, woodlouse
• breathe through trachea
• e.g. locust, moth
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