This document describes the key characteristics of five types of vertebrate animals - mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Mammals are born from their mothers, drink milk and have hair-covered bodies, while fish are born from eggs, have scale-covered bodies and fins. Birds are also born from eggs, have feather-covered bodies, beaks and wings, and reptiles and amphibians are born from eggs and have scale-covered and uncovered bodies respectively.

1. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS

2. MAMMALS They are born from their mothers They drink milk Their body is covered with hair

3. FISH They are born from eggs Their body is covered with scales They have got fins

4. BIRDS They are born from eggs Their body is covered with feathers They have got a beak They have got wings

5. REPTILES They are born from eggs Their body is covered with scales

6. AMPHIBIANS They are born from eggs Their body is not covered with anything