Two Main Groups of Animals 1. Vertebrates are animals with backbones. 2. Invertebrates are animals without backbones.

s. The vertebral column of vertebrate is important because it protects the spinal cord which runs throu h the center of the backbone. It also provides support and helps to ive shape to the bod! of a vertebrate. All vertebrates belon to the ph!lum "hordata also known as chordates. Vertebrates are classified into five ma#or classes$ 1. Mammals %. &eptiles 2. 'irds (. )ishes *. Amphibians 2 +inds of Vertebrates 1. ,arm-blooded ./ndothermic0 2. "old-blooded ./1othermic0 /ndothermic the bod! temperature of a warm blooded vertebrate remains 2uite constant .meanin that the bod! temperature of the animal is the same even when the temperature of the air or water around them chan es0. /1othermic the bod! temperature of a cold blooded animal ma! chan e when the temperature of its environment chan es. /1. durin cold weather3 a cold blooded animal mi ht bathe in the sun3 or durin hot weather3 the animal mi ht rest in the shadow. MAMMA4 - the! are warm-blooded animals. - their bodies are covered with hair or fur. - the! have lun s for breathin

- the! ive birth alive and feed their !oun with milk from their lands called Mammary glands. * Main Groups of Mammals$ 1. / -la!in Mammals - mammals that la! e s that are called monotremes - the duck bill3 plat!pus and the spin! anteaters are the onl! known monotremes. 2. 5ouched Mammals or Marsupials - ive birth to !oun that are not well developed - their !oun must spend time in a pouch like structure in their mother6s bod!. e1. kan aroo koalas wombat Ta7mania wolf *. 5lacental Mammals - ive birth to !oun that remain inside the mother6s bod! until their bod! s!stems are able to function independentl!. - then !oun of placental mammals develop more full! within the female - the name for this roup of mammals comes from a structure called placenta3 which develops in females who are pre nant. - throu h the placenta food3 o1! en and wastes are e1chan ed between the !oun and their mother. - the time the !oun spend inside the mother is called the estation period. The estation period in placental mammals ran es from a few weeks in mice to as lon as 18 to 2* months in elephants. In humans3 the estation period is appro1imatel! 9 months. After ivin birth the! suppl! the !oun with milk from their mammar! lands. Mammals human mouse rabbit cat and do Gestator! 5eriod 9 months 21 da!s *: da!s ;* da!s

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