Types of Animals and their

Habitats
 Types of Animals
Vertebrates Invertebrates

Birds Mammals Fish Amphibians Reptiles

 Birds
• Most birds can fly.

• Birds have feathers.

• Birds have a bill.

 Fish
• Fish live in water.

• They have skin covered with scales.

• They have two sets of fins.

• They have a set of gills.

 Invertebrates
• Invertebrates are animals like: insects, flatworms
or an octopus.

• Invertebrates do not have a backbone.

• Some have exoskeletons, hard shells outside their body, like

snails.

• Some have no bones, like an octopus.

 Amphibians
• Amphibians are animals like: frogs, toads,
newts and salamanders.

• They live on land but they tend to go

in water a lot.
•Amphibians have moist
slimy skin.

•They lay eggs.

 Reptiles
• Reptiles are animals like turtles,
crocodiles, lizards and snakes.

• They have dry, scaly skin.

• They lay eggs with hard shells.

 Mammals
• Mammals give birth.
• We are mammals. So are cows, lions, bats, whales,
dogs and cats.
• Female mammals feed their young's from their milk
• Some mammals live on land, e.g. dogs.

• Some live in the water, e.g. whales.

• Mammals have hair or fur.

 Otter

fish
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 Saltwater Crocodile

fish
NEXT
 Crab-eating Frog

fish
Did you know: most amphibians don’t like the seaside. The water is too
salty for them.

NEXT
 Sandpiper

fish
NEXT
 Seagull

fish
NEXT
 Crab

fish
NEXT
 Clown fish

fish
NEXT
 Chameleon

fish
NEXT
Blue Whale
NEXT
 Humans

fish
NEXT
Octopus
NEXT
Habitats of Animals
 A habitat is a place where animals live.
 A habitat has water, air and food.
 A habitat gives shelter for animals.
Forest Habitat

 A forest has many trees.

 Raccoons live in a forest.
Wetland Habitat

 A wetland is covered with

Water.
 A wetland has food, water
and shelter for animals.
 Duck lives in a wetland.
Ocean Habitat

 Many animals live in an ocean.

 Ocean is large and deep.
 Fish lives in an ocean.
Desert Habitat

 A desert is a habitat.
 A desert is very dry.
 A desert gets lots of sunlight.
 A fox lives in a desert.
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