ANIMAL CLASSES

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Animal Classes

© Contributed

by Leanne Guenther

No, animal classes are not like the classes people

have at school!

An animal class is made up of animals that are all alike in important

ways. Scientists have grouped animals into classes to make it easier to

study them.

There are many different animal classes and every animal in the world

belongs to one of them. The five most well known classes of vertebrates

(animals with backbones) are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians.

They are all part of the phylum chordata -- I remember "chordata" by thinking of spinal chord.

There are also a lot of animals without backbones. These are called

invertebrates and are part of the phylum arthropoda (arthropods). Two of

the most commonly known classes in this phylum are arachnids (spiders) and

insects.

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