Classification of Animals

Vertebrates Invertebrates
(With Backbone) (Without Backbone)

Warm Blooded Cold Blooded

Mammals Fish Porifera Cnidaria Annelida Mollusca

Platyhelminthes Echinodermata

Birds Reptiles

Anthropoda

Amphibians

Crustacea Arachnida Insects Myriapoda

Animal Classification Examples
Name: Lion
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Vertebrates (Warm Blooded Animals)
Class: Mammals
Characterstics:
> Have hairs or fur
> Born aliive
> Give birth to young ones

Name: Salmon
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Vertebrates (Cold Blooded Animals)
Class: Fish
Characterstics:
> They breath through gills
> Have scabs that cover their bodies

Name: Red Eyed Tree Frog

Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Vertebrates (Cold Blooded Animals)
Class: Amphibians
Characterstics:
> They have moist smooth skin
> They absorb water
Animal Classification Examples
Name: Jelly Fish
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classification:
> There is no circulatory system
> All cnidarians have two membrane layers with a jelly like mesoglea between them.

Name: Snail
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Molluscs
Classification:
> Body is covered by a mantle and shell
> The body is soft and unsegmented

Name: Star Fish

Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Echinodermata
Classification:
> They are exclusively marine animals
> The body is unsegmented with no distinct head
Animal Classification Examples
Name: Prawn/Shrimp
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Crustacea
Classification:
> Segmented body with hard exterior (exoskeleton)
> Joint limbs, a pair of antennae

Name: Ladybug
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Insects
Classification:
> They have segmented bodies, jointed legs, and external skeletons
> Largest class of phylums

Name: Indigo Buntings

Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Vertebrates (Warm Blooded Animals)
Class: Birds
Characterstics:
> Have feathers that cover their bodies
> Have a beak
Animal Classification Examples
Name: Black Cobra
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Vertebrates (Cold Blooded Animals)
Class: Reptiles
Characterstics:
> Body is covered with scales
> They all have atleast one lung

Name: Sponges
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum Porifera
Classification:
> They don’t have mouth, instead they have tiny pores in their outer layer
> Sponge cells are independent of each other and performs variety of functions

Name: Worm
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum Annelida
Classification
> They are fresh water and terrestrial organisms.
> The body is segmented metamerically
Animal Classification Examples
Name: Flat Worms
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Classification:
> The body has soft covering with or without cilia
> They do not have a digestive track

Name: Crab
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Anthropoda
Classification:
> The body is divided into head, thorax and abdomen
> They have an open circulatory system

Name: Spider
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Arachinda
Classification:
> They have eight walking legs
> Mostly have book lungs for respiration
Animal Classification Examples
Name: Multipedes
Kingdom: Kingdom Animalia
Group: Invertebrates
Phylum: Myriapoda
Classification:
> They have many pair of legs
> They have two body sections (head & trunk)