Animal Classification Vocabulary

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• Veterbrates are animals with a backbone, such as mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, and fish[1][6][7].
• Invertebrates are animals without a backbone, including insects, molluscs, crustaceans, annelids, and arachnids[1][6][7].
• Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates with hair or fur and mammary glands that produce milk for their young[1][3][5].
• Birds are warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates covered in feathers and equipped with wings and a beak[1][3][5].
• Reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates that include snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles, and typically have scales[1][3][6].
• Amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrates that live on land as adults but breed in water, such as frogs, salamanders, and toads[1][3][6].
• Fish are mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates that breathe using gills and have fins for movement[1][3][5].
• Taxonomy is the scientific system of classifying living things into seven levels: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species[2][6].
• Cold-blooded animals, like reptiles, amphibians, and fish, rely on external sources to regulate their body temperature[1][3][5].
• Warm-blooded animals, such as mammals and birds, maintain a constant internal body temperature regardless of the environment[1][3][5].
• The largest known vertebrate is the blue whale, while the largest known invertebrate is the colossal squid, which can exceed 10 meters in length[6].
• Scientists classify animals based on shared traits to understand how different living things are related to each other[1][6].