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    This document summarizes the diversity of animal life by discussing their classification into five kingdoms. It provides an overview of the animal kingdom, noting there are over 1.3 million identified animal species. It then describes the main characteristics of invertebrates and vertebrates, highlighting key differences like vertebrates having backbones and invertebrates not. Examples are given of major invertebrate and vertebrate groups like arthropods, mollusks, fish, birds and mammals.

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    This document summarizes the diversity of animal life by discussing their classification into five kingdoms. It provides an overview of the animal kingdom, noting there are over 1.3 million identified animal species. It then describes the main characteristics of invertebrates and vertebrates, highlighting key differences like vertebrates having backbones and invertebrates not. Examples are given of major invertebrate and vertebrate groups like arthropods, mollusks, fish, birds and mammals.

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    This document summarizes the diversity of animal life by discussing their classification into five kingdoms. It provides an overview of the animal kingdom, noting there are over 1.3 million identified animal species. It then describes the main characteristics of invertebrates and vertebrates, highlighting key differences like vertebrates having backbones and invertebrates not. Examples are given of major invertebrate and vertebrate groups like arthropods, mollusks, fish, birds and mammals.

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    Diversityof

    Diversity of
    Plant and
    Animals
    Animal Life
    With an amazing
    diversity of more than 2
    million kinds of
    organisms, there is a
    need for
    CLASSIFICATION.
    Classification allows us to…
    • group living organisms systematically
    according to their common
    characteristics;
    • recognise relationships between
    different living organisms; and
    • have an easy reference in identifying
    living organisms.
    Organisms are classified into
    FIVE KINGDOMS
    Overview: Welcome to Your Kingdom
    • Scientists have identified 1.3 million living
    species of animals
    How do you define “animals”?
    • Eukaryotic
    • Multicellular
    • Heterotrophic…via ingestion
    • Cells do not have cell walls, but instead are
    held together by collagen
    Kingdom Animalia

    Invertebrates Vertebrates
    (with no backbone) (with backbone)
    • Without jointed • Fish
    legs • Reptiles
    • With jointed legs • Birds
    • Amphibians
    • Mammals
    KEY CONCEPT
    More than 95 percent of all animal species are
    invertebrates.
    Invertebrates
    • Animals without jointed legs
    Sponges Stinging-cell Flatworms Roundworms
    animals

    • Large numbers • Sea animals with • Have flat, ribbon- • Have long,
    of pores tentacles and like bodies cylindrical
    present on stinging cells • Parasites bodies with
    bodies pointed ends
    • Many are
    parasites
    • E.g. sponges • E.g. jellyfish • E.g. tapeworms, • E.g. pinworms,
    liverflukes ascaris
    Invertebrates
    • Animals without jointed legs
    Segmented Molluscs Spiny-skinned
    worms (shelled animals) animals

    • Bodies are divided • Soft bodies may be • Bodies are radially


    into segments or covered by a shell symmetrical with five-part
    parts • Use muscular body design
    • Found in a variety movement • Found only in oceans
    of environments • Move with tube feet

    • E.g. earthworms, • E.g. snails, • E.g. starfish, basket stars


    leeches octopuses
    Invertebrates
    • ) Animals with jointed legs (Arthropods)
    With 3 pairs of With four pairs of With more than
    legs (insects) legs (arachnids) four pairs of legs

    • Bodies are divided into segments or parts


    • Bodies are covered with a exoskeleton (a hard substance that keeps the shape of
    the animals)
    • E.g. butterflies, • E.g. spiders, scorpions, • E.g. millipedes,
    beetles, termites, mites, ticks centipedes, prawns,
    houseflies crabs
    Vertebrates
    Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals

    • Cold-blooded • Cold-blooded • Cold-blooded • Warm-blooded • Warm-blooded


    • Bodies are often • Bodies are • Bodies are covered • Have beaks and • Bodies are
    covered by covered by moist with dry skin, and feathers covered with hair
    scales skin with no covered with horny • Have wings but not • Breathe through
    • Breathe using scales scales all can fly lungs
    gills • Breathe through • Breathe through • Breathe through • Most give birth to
    • Live in fresh lungs lungs lungs live young
    water or sea • Live partly on land • Live on land • Lay eggs with
    water and in water shells
    • E.g. groupers, • E.g. toads, • E.g. monitor lizards, • E.g. ducks, • E.g. human
    sea dragons, salamanders, crocodiles, tortoises chickens, penguins beings, cats,
    stingrays frogs chimpanzees
    Invertebrates vs. Vertebrates
    • Vertebrates have an internal segmented backbone.
    • Invertebrates do not have a backbone.
    • Invertebrates encompass most animal groups.
    • There are two types of body plan symmetry.

    – bilateral symmetry: body divides equally along one plane

    Animals with bilateral


    symmetry can be
    divided equally along
    only one plane, which
    splits an animal
    into mirror-image
    sides.
    • There are two types of body plan symmetry:
    – radial symmetry: body arranged in circle around a central
    axis.

    Animals with radial symmetry


    have body parts arranged in a
    circle around a central axis.
    Miscellaneous
    • http://www.101science.com/
    Taxonomy.htm
    • http://www.nbrcnparks.org/
    • http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/

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