This document provides information about different animal classifications including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and insects. It notes key distinguishing characteristics such as: - Mammals have fur and nourish their young with milk from their mothers. Examples include humans, dogs and whales. - Birds are oviparous, have feathers, wings and beaks, and many can fly. - Fish live in water and are oviparous. - Reptiles are oviparous vertebrates with scutes and include snakes, lizards and turtles.

1. backbone
feathers
fur
scales

2. ladybird
grasshopper
bee
butterfly
dragonfly

3. INSECTS
Insects are oviparous.
They have six legs, two antennae
and some have wings.

4. Mammals are animals with a backbone inside
their bodies – they are vertebrates.
Babies drink milk.

5. They are born from their mother’s wombs. They
are viviparous.

6. Most mammals have fur on their bodies.
Most of them have four feet to walk, but whales
and dolphins swim with fins and bats fly with wings.

7.  Some examples of mammals are:
whales
humans
bats
dogs
sheep
dolphins
elephant
pigs
fox

9. Fish are oviparous.
They live in water.

10. fin
tail
scales
fin

12. Birds are vertebrates because they have got a
skeleton inside their bodies.
beak
wings
Birds have got beaks,
wings, a tail and two legs.
legs
tail

13. Birds are oviparous because they are born from
eggs.
They have feathers on their bodies. Most of
them can fly, but some like penguins, ostriches or
hens cannot.

14. lizard
Reptiles
snake crocodile
snake
turtle

15. Reptiles are vertebrates
They have a skeleton with a backbone.

16. Snake
Lizard in egg
Turtle
They are oviparous.

17. They have scutes on
their bodies.

18. AMPHIBIANS

19. Amphibians live on land
and in the water.

20. Amphibians are vertebrates
because they have a backbone.

21. Amphibians are oviparous
because they come from eggs.