Beetles and Bugs

Animal Classification

Today we learned about the animal kingdom and ordered my toy animals.

There are different ways to order animals -

At the top is the PHYLUM.

Most of my animals are CHORDATA or animals with backbones

There were two that weren't though

One was my octopus. He was a Mollusc



Another was my scorpion. He is an arthopod - that means his skeleton is on the outside.


After that we ordered by CLASS - I have

Birds



Reptiles



Fish (Mostly sharks)



and a lot of MAMMALS

After Class is ORDER

I have Mammals with one toe hoof



Mammals with two toe hoofs



Poroboscidea - the only animal here is the Elephant



Primates (I think Chewbaca should be a Primate)



Cetaceans (whales and dolphins)



Pinnipedia (fin-feet)




And lots of Carnivores



The dragon was in the mammals by accident. But he might be warm-blooded since he breathes fire.