backbone

feathers fur scales

dragonfly

ladybird

bee

grasshopper

butterfly

INSECTSINSECTS

Insects are oviparous.

They have six legs, two antennae and some have wings.

Mammals are animals with a backbone inside their bodies – they are vertebrates.

Babies drink milk.

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

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.

Some examples of mammals are:

humansbats

dogssheep

fox

dolphins

whales

elephant pigs

Fish are oviparous.

They live in water.

tail

fin

finscales

Birds are vertebrates because they have got a skeleton inside their bodies.

Birds have got beaks,

wings, a tail and two legs.

beak

tail

wings

legs

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.

Reptileslizard

turtle

snake crocodile

snake

Reptiles are vertebrates

They have a skeleton with a backbone.

They are oviparous.

Lizard in egg

Snake

Turtle

They have scutes on their bodies.

AMPHIBIANS

Amphibians live on Amphibians live on land and in the land and in the water.water.

Amphibians are Amphibians are vertebrates because they vertebrates because they have a backbone.have a backbone.

Amphibians are oviparous Amphibians are oviparous because they come from because they come from eggs.eggs.