Mammals Amphibians
Are warm-blooded. Are cold-blooded.
Live on land and in water. Live on land and water.
Have hair or fur. Have moist skin and webbed feet.
Have skeletons on the inside of their bodies. Have skeletons on the inside of their bodies.
Give birth to live babies which drink their Lay eggs.
mother’s milk.
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Reptiles Fish
Are cold-blooded. Are cold-blooded.
Live on land and in water. Live in water.
Have scales, ear holes and dry skin. Have fins to move and gills to
breathe underwater.
Have skeletons on the inside of their bodies (but
tortoises have one on the outside, too!). Have skeletons on the inside of their bodies.
Lay eggs. Lay eggs (in water).
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Birds Insects
Are warm-blooded. Are cold-blooded, though their blood
(actually called haemolymph) is not like
Live on land and water. ours as it does not carry oxygen
or carbon dioxide.
Have feathers (unique to birds), wings and
a beak. Live on land and in water.
Have skeletons on the inside of their bodies. Have bodies in 3 parts and most insects
have 2 pairs of wings.
Lay eggs.
Have skeletons on the outside of their bodies.
Hatch from eggs and often change their
bodies (for example, a caterpillar changes into
a butterfly).
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Arthropod Crustaceans
Are cold-blooded. Are cold-blooded.
Are invertebrate (without a spine). Live usually in the sea (except for woodlice!).
segmented body (with more than
A segemented Have skeletons on the outside of
one part). their bodies.
Have skeletons on the outside of their bodies. Lay eggs.
About 85% of all animals are arthropods,
including spiders, insects and crustaceans.
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Molluscs (Mollusks)
Arachnids
Are cold-blooded. Are cold-blooded.
Live on land or water. Live mostly on land.
Have very soft bodies. Have 8 legs and spiders spin webs.
Some have skeletons on the outside of Have skeletons on the outside of their bodies.
their bodies.
Lay eggs.
Lay eggs.
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Annelids Gastropods
Are cold-blooded. Are cold-blooded.
Live mostly in water but some live on land. Commonly known as slugs and snails.
Have soft, segmented bodies. Are invertebrate (without a spine).
Have no skeleton. Tentacles with smell and taste receptors.
Lay eggs. Many have shells for protection.
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Invertebrates Vertebrates
Are cold-blooded. Can be warm or cold-blooded.
Are animals without backbones. Are animals with backbones.
Can be divided into further groups. Can be divided into further groups.
These include: Molluscs, Insects, Arachnids, These include: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds
Annelids, Crustaceans and Echinoderms. and mammals.
Some examples of invertebrates are: Some examples of vertebrates are: frogs,
ladybirds, squids, bees, snails, centipedes, wasps alligators, dogs, sharks, owls, leopards,
and flies. and clownfish..
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Marsupials Monotremes
Are warm blooded. Are warm blooded.
Their young drink their mother’s milk. Their young drink their mother’s milk.
Have hair or fur. Have hair or fur.
Lay eggs.
Keep their newborns in a pouch. Are less well-known than other mammals
because there are only five living
monotremes: the duck-billed platypus and
There are over 330 species of marsupials. They four species of echidna.
live mostly in Australia and South America.
Found only in Australia and New Guinea.
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