The Animal Kingdom

There are many different types of animals in the world. Many animals are
quite similar to each other. Others are quite different. Animals can be
classified based on their similarities. Continue on, and learn more about
your fellow Earth inhabitants.

Here are some of the animals you can investigate in our Science
Reference Library. The first name you read is the common name for the
animal. The name in parentheses ( ) is the Latin word for the group (the
phylum or subphylum or class or group or order) that scientists sometimes
use to refer to animals.

Invertebrates Vertebrates

Animals Animals
without a Backbone with a Backbone
or Spinal Column: or Spinal Column:
(All these arnimals are in the
phyla Chordata and the subphyla
Vertebrata.)

Protozoa Fish
(phyla: protozoa) (group: Pisces)

Echinoderms Amphibians
such as starfish such as frogs
(phyla: Echinodermata) (class: Amphibia)

Annelids Reptiles
such as earthworms such as crocodiles
(phyla: Annelida) (class: Reptilia)

Mollusks Birds
such as octopus (class: Aves)
(phyla: Mollusca)

Arthropods Mammals
such as crabs, spiders and insects (class: Mammalia)
(phyla: Arthropoda)

Crustaceans Marsupials
such as crabs such as kangaroos
(subphyla: Crustacea) (order: Marsupialia)

Arachnids Primates
such as spiders such as gorillas and chimpanzees
(subphyla: Chelicerata (order: Primates)
class: Arachnida)

Insects Rodents
(subphyla: Uniramia such as mice
class: Insecta) (order: Rodentia)

Cetaceans
such as whales and dolphins
( order: Cetacea)

Animals such as seals

(order: Carnivora
family: Phocidae)