ppt ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION

1. ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION
By : Miss Diah 

2. Vertebrates
(animals with
a backbone)
Invertebrates
(animal
without a
backbone)
Scientists have divided the Animal Kingdom into
two main groups:

3. - Physical
Features
- Diet (kind
of Food)
- Habitat
- And so on
There are millions kind of animal in this world.
According to science, there are many ways to
group these animals based on their similarities.
The way we group these animals (or plants) is
called Classification. The classification can be
based on : ....

4.  Animal which have
spinal bone/cord
are called
Vertebrate.
 Animal with
backbones can be
divided into five
more groups :

5.  Mammals 
• Give birth
to live
young
• Feed their
babies
With their
own milk
• Are more
or less
Covered
with hair
• Are warm-
blooded

6.  AMPHIBIANS 
 Are cold-blooded
 Lay eggs
 Have a
smooth,moist skin.
 Are able to live on
land as well as in
the water

7.  Reptiles 
 Are cold-blooded
 Lay eggs
 Have a dry skin
covered with scales

8.  Fish 
 Are cold-blooded
 Lay eggs (but some
do give birth to live
young)
 Have a moist skin
covered in scales.
 Breathe through
gills

9.  Birds 
 Have feathers
 Lay eggs
 Are warm-
blooded

10. Animals without a backbone or Those who don’t have
spinal bones/spinal cord are called Invertebrate.
Animals such as: Insects; Mollusks (slug, worms,
snails); arachnids (spiders), and crustaceans (shrimps,
lobsters, crabs).

11. 1. Those which primary diet is plants and herbs are
called herbivore. Cow, sheep, and rabbit are
examples of this group.
2. Animals which eat meat for their daily intakes
are called carnivore. Lions, crocodile, and snakes
are included in this group.
3. There are some animals that eat both plants and
meat/other animals.
4. For example bear and chicken. Bear can eat wild
fruit and also feeds on fish from the river.
5. Chicken feeds on seeds and also worms and
small insects. This group of animals is called
Omnivores

12. What am I ?
Mammal, Bird, Fish, Amphibian or
Reptiles ?
• I am a
mammal. My
body is warm
and Furry.
• I feed my
babies on milk.
I give birth to
live young.

13. What am I ?
Mammal, Bird, Fish, Amphibian or Reptiles ?
• I am a
mammal. My
body is covered
in hair, or fur.
• I feed mmy
babies on milk.
• I give birth to
live young.

14. What am I ?
Mammal, Bird, Fish, Amphibian or Reptiles ?
• I am a bird
• My body is
warm and
covered with
feathers
• I lay eggs which
hatch out into
chicks

15. What am I ?
Mammal, Bird, Fish, Amphibian or Reptiles ?
• I am a mammal
• If you stand very
close to me, you
will see i have
hairs on my body.
• I feed my babies
on milk
• I do not lay eggs

16. What am I ?
Mammal, Bird, Fish, Amphibian or Reptiles ?
• I am a reptile
• My body is
covered in dry
scales
• I lay eggs

17. What am I ?
Mammal, Bird, Fish, Amphibian or Reptiles ?
• I am a bird
• My body is warm
and covered with
feathers
• I lay eggs which
hatch out into
chicks

18. What am I ?
Mammal, Bird, Fish, Amphibian or Reptiles ?
• I am a fish
• My body is cold
to touch and is
covered in scale
• I lay eggs
• I use gills to
breathe with
under water