Classification of

Animals

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 Organis
ms

Animals Plants
 Organis
ms

Animals Plants
 Organism
s
Animals
without a
backbone Animals Plants

Invertebrat Vertebrate
es s
Animals with a
backbone
 3 pairs of legs

With legs

More than 3
pairs of legs

Invertebrates
With
segmented
body
Without legs
Without
segmented
body
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 3 pairs of
Invertebrates
legs

Butterfly Cockroach Ant

 More than 3
Invertebrates
pairs of legs Spider Prawn

Horseshoe
crab

Centipede Scorpion
 3 pairs of legs

With legs

More than 3
pairs of legs

Invertebrates
With
segmented
body
Without legs
Without
segmented
body
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 With
Invertebrates segmented
body

Earthwor
m Tapeworm Leech
 Without
Invertebrates segmented Corals Sponge
body
Sea
Anemone

Planaria Snail
 Organism
s
Animals
without a
backbone Animals Plants

Invertebrat Vertebrate
es s
Animals with a
backbone
 Fish

Amphibians

Vertebrates Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

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 Important!
Poikilotherm
- Cold blooded
- Body temperature that changes
according to its surrounding
temperature
Homeotherm
- Warm blooded
- Body temperature that is constant
and free from the influence of its
surrounding temperature
 Important!
Internal Fertilisation
- The male deposits his sperm
into the female’s body

External Fertilisation
- Male and female’s gametes
unite outside the female’s body
 Fish

Amphibians

Vertebrates Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

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 Vertebrates Fish Eel
Grouper

• Poikilothermic
• Covered in hard and slimy
scales
• Have fins and a tail Clown Fish
• Breathe through gills
• Lay eggs
• Undergo external fertilisation
 Vertebrates Amphibians Frog Spawn

• Poikilothermic
• Live on land and in water
Tadpole Frog
• Covered with moist skin
• Young amphibians breathe
through gills
• Adult amphibians breathe using
their lungs and moist skin Toad
• Produce jelly-like eggs (spawn)
without a shell Salamander
• Undergo external fertilisation
Vertebrates Reptiles
Turtle
• Poikilothermic
• Produce eggs with a shell
• Breathe through lungs
• Have scales and hard skin
• Undergo internal fertilisation Iguana

Snake Crocodile
Vertebrates Birds Kingfisher Owl

• Homeothermic
• Covered with feathers to
maintain body temperature
• Breathe through lungs
• Have wings that help some
birds to fly
• Have a pair of scaly feet Duck
• Undergo internal fertilisation
• Produce eggs with hard shell
Vertebrates Mammals Giraffe
Bat
• Homeothermic
• Covered with fur or hair
• Breathe through lungs
• Undergo internal
fertilisation
• Give birth and nurse their Lion
young

Elephant
 Homeothermi
c
Fish

Amphibians

Vertebrates Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

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 Poikilothermi
c
Fish

Amphibians

Vertebrates Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

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 Fish
Internal
Fertilisation

Amphibians

Vertebrates Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

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 Fish
External
Fertilisation

Amphibians

Vertebrates Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

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Dolphin Mammal
Whale

Mammal
 Shark

Fish
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