Chordate
To answer the question in the simplest way, the elephant has a backbone.However, there is more to it than that, especially given that there are two invertebrate chordate groups - Urochordata (tunicates) and Cephalachordata (lancelets) - whose backbone is not in the form of actual vertebrae.As Chordates (or members of the phylum Chordata), elephants share the following characteristics:dorsal nerve cord which is a bundle of nerve fibres which runs down the back. It connects the brain with the lateral muscles and other organs.notochord which is a cartilaginous rod running underneath, and supporting, the nerve cord - in the case of the elephant, a spine.post-anal tail - an extension of the body past the anal opening. (This feature is not always present in some adult Chordates such as frogs and humans, but it is present in the elephant.)Pharyngeal pouches - Chordates, at some stage of their life, have pharyngeal grooves and pouches that develop into other essential parts of their anatomy.
Chordate pharyngeal slits appear to have functioned first as suspension-feeding devices.
Pharyngeal slits are not gill slits. They are filter-feeding organs in non-vertebrates, and are used to strain matter and food from water.
Chipmunks and ground squirrels have cheek pouches, grey and fox squirrels do not. Squirrels who live in trees don't have cheek pouches.
Yes they have Pharyngeal Pouches!!!=)
no they dont no tigers do that
gills
Fish
gill slits
it means slits it means slits
pharyngeal pouches
Chordate
Vocal Sac
a hollow nerve cord, a notochord, pharyngeal pouches, and a postanal tail
The reason why marsupial frogs have pouches is to keep the tadpoles until they develop into froglets.
All Chordates have:1) a notochord2) pharyngeal slits3) a postanal tail4) a hollow dorsal nerve chordRead more: What_are_the_four_characteristics_of_a_chordate