Classification of Animals

Animals: Classified into two main groups.

•Vertebrates : with a backbone
•Invertebrates: without backbone
Vertebrates:
Further divided into:
Fish,
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
 Classification of Animals
Fish:
• Live in water
• Cold blooded
• Gills and scales
Reptiles:
• Cold blooded
• Live on land
• Scaly skin
• Usually lay eggs
 Classification of Animals
Amphibians:
• Live in water and on land
• Cold blooded
• Smooth skin
• Lay eggs
Birds:
• Have feathers
• Warm blooded
• Mostly fly
• Lay eggs
• Have beaks
 Classification of Animals
Mammals:
• Warm blooded
• Feed milk to their youngs
• Bear live young
• Have hair on skin
Invertebrates: Without backbone. Include
• Jelly fish
• Crabs
• Worms
• Spiders
• Snails
 Classification of Plants
• Plants: Divided into two main groups.
• Non- Flowering Plants (Cryptogams)
• Flowering Plants (Phanerogams)
Non-Flowering Plants: Further divided into:
• Thallophytes
• Bryophytes,
• Pteridophytes.
 Classification of Plants
Thallophytes:
• Simple plants
• Found in moist places
• Thalloid plant body
• Mechanical tissue absent
• No. vascular tissues
• Algae, Fungi, Bacteria
Bryophytes:
• No vascular tissue
• Rhizoids present
• Seedless
• Terrestrial/Aquatic
• Gametophyte generation dominant
• Liverworts, Mosses
 Classification of Plants
Pteidophytes:
• First true land plants
• Seedless
• True roots, stem, leaves (feather like)
• Vascular tissues present
• Main plat body Sporophyte
• Ferns
 Classification of Plants
Gymnosperms:
• No flowers
• No fruits
• Needle like Leaves
• Cones are produced.
• Nacked seeds
• e.g Pinus
 Classification of Plants
Angiosperms:
• Flowers produced
• Fruit formation takes place
• Seeds enclosed in fruits
• Further divided into
Monocots: One cotyledon, Simple Leaf, parallel
veins, Fibrous roots (Grasses)
Dicots: Two cotyledons, Compound leaves,
Reticulate veins, Tap roots (Herbs, Shrubs, Trees)