How Do We Classify Animals

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How Do We Classify Animals?

• By
• Loralee Bruns

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Look at All the Different AnimalsHow Can We
Group Them?
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Scientists classify animals into six groups

• Birds
• Insects
• Fish

• Mammals
• Reptiles
• Amphibians

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Mammals

• Have fur or hair
• Breathe with lungs
• Female mammals make milk for their babies

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Examples of MammalsWhat others can you name?
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Reptiles

• Have scaly skin
• Most reptiles lay eggs
• Live in dry or wet habitats

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Examples of Reptiles
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Amphibians

• Begin their lives in water
• Have smooth, moist skin
• Live in both water and land

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Examples of Amphibians
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Birds

• Only animals with feathers
• Have two wings and two legs
• Young hatches from eggs

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Examples of Birds
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Insects

• Have three body parts and six legs
• Have hard body coverings
• Young hatch from eggs

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Examples of Insects
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Fish

• Live in water
• Breathe with gills
• Have fins to move through water

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Examples of Fish
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How are these animals alike?How are they
different?
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Ways these animals are different

• Tigers and bears have fur
• Animals young are born
• These animals eat other animals

• Penguins and herons have feathers
• Animals young are hatched from eggs
• These birds eat insects

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Animals that are Alike

• Heron and Penguins are both birds