Vertebrate &

Invertebrate Animals
Irene Álvarez Splettstösser
Table of contents
1. Vertebrate animals

2. Invertebrate animals

3. Curiosities

4. Activity
 1.
Vertebrate
animals
Vertebrate animals have a
backbone.
They are divided into five groups:
mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians and fish.
Examples of vertebrate animals

Dog Lioness Eagle

Bear Fish
 2.
Invertebrate
animals
Invertebrate animals do not have a backbone.
They are oviparous animals: they hatch from eggs.
Examples of invertebrate animals

Spider Butterfly Starfish

Octopus Flea
 3.
Curiosities
Curiosities about
vertebrate animals
● Fish are the oldest vertebrates.
● Vertebrates live everywhere on the planet.
● Humans are vertebrate animals.
Curiosities about
invertebrate animals
● There are millions of invertebrate species.
● Some can make new body parts.
● Most of them are in danger (of extinction).
¿Qué hacen las nutrias cuando
duermen?
Sea otters hold hands when
they sleep.

Las nutrias se cogen de la

mano cuando duermen.
¿Qué hacen las ardillas con su cola?

Squirrels can use their tails

as an umbrella.

Las ardillas pueden usar

sus colas como paraguas.
What is the most strange amphibian?

The axolotl (ojolote)

They can make new body parts.

Pueden hacer nuevas partes de

su cuerpo.
What is the most strange mammal?
The platypus (ornitorrinco)

They produce venom. – Producen veneno.

They lay eggs. – Ponen huevos

(también el oso hormiguero espinoso).

They glow in UV light. – Brillan con luz

ultravioleta.
4.
Activity
Activity
¿True or false?

01. Insects are invertebrate animals.

02. Vertebrate animals have a backbone.

03. All vertebrate animals have hands.

04. Sea otters use their tails as an umbrella.

05. Platypuses lay eggs.

Thank you