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| (tunicates)- sea squirt, sea peach, salp |
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| Subphylum Cephalochordata |
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| Subphylum Vertebrata (discription) |
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| MOST have a vertebral column (backbone) that supports and protects dorsal nerve chord; endoskeleton; distinct head with a skull and brain. |
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| (cartilaginous fishes)- shark, ray, skate, chimaera, sawfish |
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| (bony fishes)- salmon, perch, sturgeon, tuna, goldfish, eel |
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| (legless amphibians)- caecilians |
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| (tuataras)- Sphenodon punctatus |
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| (lizards and snakes)- iguana, gecko, skink, cobra, python, boa |
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| (crocodilians)- alligator, crocodile, caiman, gavial |
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| (turtles and tortoises)- snapping turtle, tortoise, hawksbill turtle, box turtle |
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| (birds)-owl, eagle, duck, chicken, pigeon, penguin, sparrow, stork |
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| (monotremes)- duckbill platypus, short-beaked echinda |
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| (marsupials)- opossum, kangaroo, koala |
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| (insectivores)- shrew, mole, hedgehog |
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| (bats)- fruit bat, flying fox, vampire bat |
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| (primates)- lemur, monkey, chimpanzee, human |
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| (edentates)- Anteater, armadillo |
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| (lagomorphs)- rabbit, pika, hare |
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| (rodents)- rat, beaver, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil, squirrel |
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| (cetaceans)- whale, porpoise, dolphin |
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| (carnivores)-seal, bear, raccoon, weasel, skunk |
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| (elephants)-Asian elephant, African elephant |
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| (sirenians)- manatee, sea cow |
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| (odd-toed ungulates)-horse, donkey, rhinoceros, tapir |
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| (even-toed ungulates)- sheep, cow, hippopotamus, antelope, camel, giraffe, pig |
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