VERTEBRATES

Vertebrates

They have a backbone and an internal skeleton.

Mammals

• They are VIVIPAROUS (except monotremes that are oviparous mammals; i.e. echidnas).
• Depending on the food they eat, they can be: CARNIVORES (they eat other animals), HERBIVORES (they eat plants) or OMNIVORES (they eat meat and plants).
• They are BORN from their MOTHER'S WOMB.
• They DRINK their MOTHER'S MILK.
• They BREATHE with LUNGS.
• Most mammals have FUR or HAIR that keep them warm.
• Most mammals have 4 LEGS and live on LAND.
• Some mammals live in the sea and use flippers to swim. (dolphin, seal…)
• Bats are mammals that can fly and they are nocturnal.

Birds

• They are OVIPAROUS. They incubate (sit on) their eggs to keep them warm.
• They can be CARNIVORES, HERBIVORES or OMNIVORES.
• Adult birds find food for their babies until they can find their own food.
• They breathe with their LUNGS.
• They have FEATHERS and WINGS and use their feathers for flying and keeping warm. Feathers are waterproof.
• Birds have beaks and their shape depends on what they eat.The shape of the bird's beak depends on what it eats.
• SEEDS EATING: Their beaks are short and thick. (for example: sparrows)
• NECTAR EATING: Their beaks are long and thin.
• CARNIVORES: Birds of prey have strong, sharp and hooked beaks for tearing meat.
• FISH EATING: Their beaks are large long and sharp (for example: pelicans)

Reptiles

• They spend most of their time on land, but some spend part of their time in water.
• Most of them are oviparous. They lay their eggs on land.
• Most of them are carnivores. Some are omnivores and eat plants, insects and small animals.
• They breathe with their lungs.
• Most have four limbs but some have no limbs.
• They have scales that cover and protect their body.

Amphibians

• They live part of their lives in WATER and part on LAND. Babies live and grow in the water.
• They live near water or DAMP places.
• They are OVIPAROUS. They LAY their EGGS in WATER.
• Most amphibians are carnivores.
• BABIES breathe with their GILLS and ADULTS with their LUNGS and through their SKIN.
• Most of them have four limbs.
• They have MOIST SKIN.
• Baby amphibians change through METAMORPHOSIS and grow into adults.

Fish

• They are the biggest group of vertebrates.
• Most of them are OVIPAROUS but sharks are OVOVIVIPAROUS (babies grow in eggs and hatch in their mother's womb, giving birth to live babies).
• They can be CARNIVORES, HERBIVORES or OMNIVORES.
• They breathe with their GILLS.
• They have FINS and a TAIL that helps them move.

• SHOALS: They are big groups of fish.
• PACKS: Some fish (like sharks) move this way to hunt better.
• SCHOOL: A big group of fish moving in the same direction.

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Viviparous Drink their mother's milk

Dolphins live in the sea and use flippers to swim.

Breathe with lungs

Equidnas are oviparous.

Bats can fly and are nocturnal.

Oviparous

Feathers for flying and keeping warm Waterproof

Wings

Seed eating Their beaks are short and thick.

Nectar eating Their beaks are long and thin.

Carnivores Their beaks are strong, sharp and hooked.

Fish eating Their beaks are large and long.

snakes have no limbs

turtles

crocodiles

Frog

Salamander

Metamorphosis - life cycle of a frog

Shoal

Packs

School