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    This document categorizes common vertebrate classes and lists their key characteristics. It describes fish as having gills, scales, fins and living in water. Amphibians are described as having porous skin, laying eggs in water and being able to live on land and in water as adults. Reptiles are depicted as having scaly skin, lungs, laying hard-shelled eggs and birds as having feathers, wings and laying hard-shelled eggs. Finally, mammals are summarized as having hair or fur, lungs, giving birth to live young that are fed milk.

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    This document categorizes common vertebrate classes and lists their key characteristics. It describes fish as having gills, scales, fins and living in water. Amphibians are described as having porous skin, laying eggs in water and being able to live on land and in water as adults. Reptiles are depicted as having scaly skin, lungs, laying hard-shelled eggs and birds as having feathers, wings and laying hard-shelled eggs. Finally, mammals are summarized as having hair or fur, lungs, giving birth to live young that are fed milk.

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    Characteristics of Vertebrates

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    This document categorizes common vertebrate classes and lists their key characteristics. It describes fish as having gills, scales, fins and living in water. Amphibians are described as having porous skin, laying eggs in water and being able to live on land and in water as adults. Reptiles are depicted as having scaly skin, lungs, laying hard-shelled eggs and birds as having feathers, wings and laying hard-shelled eggs. Finally, mammals are summarized as having hair or fur, lungs, giving birth to live young that are fed milk.

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    Vertebrate Class

    Fish

    Amphibians

    Reptiles

    Characteristics

    Birds

    Mammals

    Backbone
    Gills
    Live in water
    Scales
    Fins
    Streamlined body
    Backbone
    Eggs laid in water
    Soft and wet skin
    Adults have lungs
    Adults can live on land
    and in water
    Backbone
    Lay eggs with a hard
    shell
    Lungs
    Skin covered in dry
    scales
    Backbone
    Lay eggs with a hard
    shell
    Lungs
    Feathers
    Wings
    Backbone
    Young develop inside
    the mother
    Young fed on milk from
    the mother
    Have lungs
    Hair or fur

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