VERTEBRATE ANIMALS

ANIMALS

VERTEBRATESANIMALS

Vertebrates animals have a backbone

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INDEX

MAMMALS

BIRDS

FISH

REPTILES

AMPHIBIANS

Mammals

Mammals are viviparous, this means they have live babies who drink milk

Mammals have hair or fur

Mammals can move in different ways:

Birds

Birds have feathers, wings, two legs and a beak

Birds are oviparous, this means they lay eggs.

Penguin and ostriches can not fly

Most birds can fly.

Fish

Fish have scales and fins

They breathe with gills

They are oviparous. They lay soft eggs in water

They live in rivers, lakes and oceans

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Amphibians

Reptiles

Reptiles

Reptiles have dry skin and scales

They breathe with lungs

They are oviparous. They lay hard eggs on land

Examples:

Amphibians

Amphibians have moist skin

At first they breathe with gills, then develop lungs when they are adults

They are oviparous. They lay soft eggs in water

Examples:

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