VERTEBRATES

Animals that have

backbones
MAMMALS

(Class Mammalia)
BIRDS
(Class Aves)
REPTILES
(Class Reptilia)

AMPHIBIANS
(Class Amphibia)
FISH
(Class Pisces)

Warm blooded
animals
characterized
by birth of live young

Warm blooded
animals that have
bodies covered with
feathers

Cold blooded
animals having dry,
scaly skin.
Cold blooded
animals that live

both on land and in

water.
Cold blooded
animals that live in
water.

MONOTREMES
Mammals that lay
eggs.
MARSUPIALS

Mammals that put

their young into a
pouch beneath their
bellies.
PLACENTALS

Mammals that
develop inside the
womb before they
are born.
BONY FISHES

Fished having a
skeleton made of
hard bones.
CARTILAGINOUS FISH
Fishes that have
spine made of tough,

rubbery substance
called cartilage.