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Animal groups SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Animal families
p.21

Animals can be divided into groups, depending on their ▸ ▸ Fish p.101
body features. Animals that look and act in similar ways ▸ ▸ Insects p.134
are grouped together. This is called classification. ▸ ▸ Invertebrates
p.139
▸ ▸ Spiders p.238
Amphibians Birds
These animals have Birds have feathers, ▸ ▸ Vertebrates p.266
wet skin. They live in which keep them warm
or near water. The
The green band babies hatch from and help most to fly. They
shows which eggs, and change have beaks to catch or
animal groups body shape to pick up food.
are vertebrates.
become adults.

Fish
Invertebrates Fish live in water. They
There are many groups are covered in bony
of invertebrates, plates, called scales,
including insects, slugs, Animal groups and have special
spiders, and shellfish. organs called gills
Animals are divided into for breathing.
two main groups.
Vertebrates have spines,
invertebrates don’t.
There are more groups
inside these two
main groups.

Reptiles
Reptiles have scaly Mammals
skin. They are Mammals have fur or
cold-blooded, which hair on their bodies.
means they must They feed their
warm up in the sun babies on milk made
before they by the mothers.
can move.

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