Types of Vertebrate Animals

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TYPES OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS

BIRDS

They have a beak and their forelimbs are wings.

Its body is fusiform and covered with feathers

AMPHIBIANS

They also breathe through lungs

They breathe through the skin.

They have four legs

They have thin and moist skin

MAMMALS

They are tetrapods

Their body covered with hair

Most are terrestrial, but there are also aquatic and aerial.

They feed with breast milk

REPTILES

They breathe through lungs

Some are tetrapods and others like snakes do not have limbs

The skin is dry and strong covered with horny scales

FISHES

They breathe through gills

They have strong muscles to be able to swim

Their extremities are like fin

They have a soft body, fusiform and covered with scales