Thursday, 25 October 2012

Investigate the Animal Kingdom: Vertebrates & Invertebrates…


The five most well known classes of Vertebrates (animals with backbones) are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians.  They are all part of the phylum chordata -- I remember "chordota" by thinking of spinal chord.
 
There are also a lot of animals without backbones.  These are called Invertebrates and are part of the phylum arthropoda (arthropods).  Two of the most commonly known classes in this phylum are arachnids (spiders) and insects.

 
Below is a picture of Classification of Animals. You may click on the picture to get larger and clearer view.

 

  
In my next post, we will look further into each group of Vertebrates and Invertebrates.
 


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