Animal Kingdom

What are animals?

• Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the
kingdom Animalia.
• All animals are motile, meaning they can move
spontaneously and independently at some point in their
lives.

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 ANIMALS
CLASSIFICATION
ACCORDING TO:

THEIR STRUCTURE THE FOOD THEY THEIR

EAT REPRODUCTION

• INVERTEBRATE
(arthropods, mollusks,
• CARNIVOROUS • VIVIPAROUS
worms, echinoderms,
sponges)
•HERBIVOROUS • OVIPAROUS
• VERTEBRATE
•OMNIVOROUS
 MAMMALS
BIRDS
FISH
REPTILES
AMPHIBIANS
 ANIMALS
CLASSIFICATION
ACCORDING TO:
CARNIVOROUS
They eat animals

THE FOOD THEY HERBIVOROUS

EAT
They eat plants and
fruits

OMNIVOROUS
They eat both
animals and plants
 ANIMALS
CLASSIFICATION
ACCORDING TO:
VIVIPAROUS
They are born from mum’s
stomach. They grow inside
their mother until they are
born.
HOW THEY ARE
BORN
OVIPAROUS
They are born from eggs.
They lay eggs and the babies
then grow inside the eggs
until they are ready to come
out.
 ANIMALS
CLASSIFICATION
ACCORDING TO:
INVERTEBRATE
They haven’t got a
backbone.
There are lots of animals on
Earth (over 90%).
THEIR STRUCTURE VERTEBRATE
• They have got a
backbone.
• There are few animals
on Earth (less than
10%).
 WORMS
INVERTEBRATES Animals without backbones.

MOLLUSKS
ARTHROPODS

• Arachnids
• Crustaceans
•Insects
•…

SPONGES
ECHINODERMS
 They drink milk from
VERTEBRATES Animals with backbones.
their mothers until they
are old enough to eat
MAMMALS other food.
Humans are also
 They nurse their babies with mammals.
milk.

 They have got body hair.

 They are warm blooded.

 They are viviparous.

 They breath through lungs.

 They have got a skeleton

with a backbone and a skull
(cranium).
 VERTEBRATES
BIRDS
They are oviparous. They
lay eggs. They generally
lay 1 to 17 eggs at a time.
REPTILES
They are generally oviparous,
but there are some viviparous
reptiles. They have got scales
and dry skin.
They usually lay eggs and the
babies then grow inside the egg
until they are ready to come out.
Sometimes reptiles will give
birth like mammals, without
eggs.
Animals with backbones.
AMPHIBIANS
They are oviparous. They lay eggs.
They lay thousands and sometimes
millions of small, soft eggs, and they
lay them in the water! The eggs are
jelly-like. They have got wet skin.
Amphibian means "double life"... the early part of an
amphibian's life is spent in the water, and usually as they
get older then they also spend time on land. Think of a
tadpole turning into a frog! The process amphibians go
through is called "metamorphosis". Baby amphibian
looks completely different than the adult amphibians!
 VERTEBRATES Animals with backbones.

FISH

They are generally oviparous. They are

small. They lay many many eggs -
sometimes millions of tiny eggs! They are also
laid in the water.
There are some sea animals which are
viviparous or mammals like whales, dolphins,
seals, walruses, polar bears,… They are big.
 Mammals

Mammals are one of the 6 main classes of animals. Animal classes are
groups of animals that scientists consider to be alike in some important
ways. Mammals are the animal class that people belong to. There are
only about 4,000 kinds of mammals. This sounds like a lot, but when
you consider there are 21,000 kinds of fish and a 800,000 kinds of
insects you’ll realize mammals are a pretty small class!

Mammals are warm blooded.

Mammal babies all drink milk!
Mammals aren't spineless
All mammals have fur or hair.
 Mammals
• 4 legs or arms
• Ears that stick out
• Warm blooded
• Hair/or fur
• Give birth to live young
• Mothers nurse their young with milk
• Have lungs
– Need air to breathe

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 Reptiles

Reptiles are a class of animal with scaly skin. They are cold blooded
and are born on land. Snakes, lizards, crocodiles, alligators and turtles
all belong to the reptile class.
 Reptiles
• Dry skin, no hair or fur
• Legs
– None
– Four

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 Birds

Birds are animals that have feathers and that are born out of hard-
shelled eggs. All birds have feathers and birds
are the only animals that do.
• The feathers on a bird’s wings and tail overlap. Because they
overlap, the feathers catch and hold the air.
• This helps the bird to fly, steer itself and land. Although it's true that
all birds have feathers and wings, that doesn't necessarily mean
they can all fly. A penguin spends as much as 75% of its life at
sea. It doesn't use its wings to fly, it uses them to swim.
 Birds
• Wings and feathers
• 2 legs
• Lay eggs
• Ears holes instead of
ears
• Warm blooded

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 Amphibians
Amphibians are born in the water. When they are born, they
breathe with gills like a fish. But when they grow up, they develop
lungs and can live on land. Frogs, toads and salamanders are
amphibians.
 Amphibians
• 4 legs
– Some times none
• Breath with lungs and gills
• Webbed feet
• Moist, smooth skin
– No hair or fur
• Lay many eggs

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 Birds

Birds are animals that have feathers and that are born out of hard-
shelled eggs. All birds have feathers and birds
are the only animals that do. The feathers on a bird’s wings and tail
overlap. Because they overlap, the feathers catch and hold the air.
This helps the bird to fly, steer itself and land. Although it's true that all
birds have feathers and wings, that doesn't necessarily mean they can
all fly. A penguin spends as much as 75% of its life at sea. It doesn't
use its wings to fly, it uses them to swim.
 Fishes
• Fins
• Cold blooded
• Scales
– No hair or fur
– Gills for breathing
• Breathe under water using
gills, not lungs
• Lay many eggs

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 • Warm blooded
– Body temp constant
• Cold blooded
– Body temp varies with surrounding temperature

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