This document categorizes and describes different types of vertebrate animals. It lists mammals such as cats, dogs, lions, dolphins and monkeys, and notes characteristics of mammals such as nursing young with milk and being warm-blooded. Reptiles such as snakes, crocodiles and turtles are described as cold-blooded, egg-laying and scale-covered. Fish are defined as cold-blooded, egg-laying creatures that live in water and have scales, gills and fins. Amphibians including frogs and toads are said to have smooth skin and live both on land and in water while transitioning between lung and gill breathing. Birds are defined as feathered, winged

1. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS
MAMMALS
REPTILES
FISH
AMPHIBIANS
BIRDS

2. MAMMALS
cat
dog
cat
lion
dolphin
monkey
tiger

3. Characteristics
- Mammal mothers nurse their
young with milk
- It gives birth to “live young”
- It is warm-blooded
- It has got hair
- It has got lungs
- It lives on land and in water

4. REPTILES
snake
crocodile
turtle

5. Characteristics
- It has got scales or shell
- It is cold-blooded
- It is usually born from eggs
- It has got lungs
- It lives on land and in water

6. FISH
shark
fish
piranha
sea-horse

7. Characteristics
- It is cold-blooded
- It is born from eggs
- It has got scales
- It has got gills
- It has got fins
- It lives in water

8. AMPHIBIANS
frog toad

9. Characteristics
- It is cold-blooded
- It is born from eggs
- It has got webbed feet
- It has got lungs and gills
- It has got smooth skin
- It lives on land and in water

10. BIRDS
eagle
owl
duck
hen
parrot

11. Characteristics
- It is born from eggs
- It has got feathers and wings
- It has got beak
- It has got 2 legs
- It has got lungs
- It hasn't got ears
- It lives on land, in water and in the air