Yes, but they are different from other vertebrates in that their backbones are made of cartilage, like the rest of their skeletal structure.
Sharks ARE vertebrates, because they have vertebrae.
Whale sharks are vertebrates, but they have cartilage instead of bone. it depends and yes they are because they are a type of fish and fishes are vertebrates
They both have a spinal cord protected by vertebrae. That is the key trait of all vertebrates. So whales and sharks are both vertebrates.
A vertebrate is any animal with a set of vertebrae protecting a spinal cord. Sharks do have a spine. That means bull sharks are vertebrates.
Animals that have backbones are considered vertebrates, while animals without are invertebrates. So sharks, having backbones, are vertebrates.
Sharks are vertebrates; they have spines.
yes because they have to to be able to swin
All sharks are vertebrates.
Megamouth sharks belong to the phylum Chordata (vertebrates), and class Chondrichtyes (sharks, rays and chimaeras).
Because unlike other sharks, grey nurse sharks give live birth, other sharks lay water-proof sacks when nurse sharks have a placenta like other mammals. Seperating mammals from amphibians and repitles is if they gve live birth. Actually all sharks are fish.
Bones and cartilage are found in most all vertebrates, with the exception of sharks and rays, which only have cartilage.
No! They are made of cartilage.
All sharks have a spine, so all are vertebrates.