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Information About Vertebrates

This document compares and contrasts the key characteristics of five groups of vertebrates: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. It lists features such as how they are born (viviparous or oviparous), how they breathe (with lungs or gills), their body covering (fur/hair, feathers, scales), locomotion (legs and wings or fins), temperature regulation ability, diet, and other traits like habitat. The bottom section classifies example animal species into the correct vertebrate group.

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Information About Vertebrates

This document compares and contrasts the key characteristics of five groups of vertebrates: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. It lists features such as how they are born (viviparous or oviparous), how they breathe (with lungs or gills), their body covering (fur/hair, feathers, scales), locomotion (legs and wings or fins), temperature regulation ability, diet, and other traits like habitat. The bottom section classifies example animal species into the correct vertebrate group.

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VERTEBRATES
Groups

Mammals

Birds

They are viviparous

Oviparous

With lungs

With lungs

What is covering
their bodies?

With fur or hair

With feathers

What do they use


to move?

They use legs

They use 2 legs


and 2 wings

They cant control


it.

They cant control


their temperature.

How are they born?

How do they
breathe?

Can they control


their temperature?

Theyre warm
blooded.

What do they eat?

They are
herbivores,
carnivores, or
omnivores (they
eat plants or
animals)

They are
omnivores.

Fish

Reptiles

Amphibians

Other
characteristics.

They have legs.


Cant breathe
under water.

Have a backbone.
Penguins cant fly.
Evolved from
dinosaurs.

Classify the animals below into each group of vertebrates:


MAMMALS

rhinoceros

BIRDS

alligator

ray

FISH

swan

goat

REPTILES

woodpecker

turtle

AMPHIBIANS

toad

dolphin

hammerhead shark
hummingbird
seahorse
salamander

chameleon
gecko
lizard

newt

seagull
seal

cuckoo
cheetah
stork
platypus

raccoon
caecilian
eel

snake
hedgehog

swordfish
clownfish

vulture
frog
swallow

tortoise
goose
salmon

hare
otter

albatross
tuna

komodo dragon

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