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How do people classify animals?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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Animals= vertebrates and Invertebrates

vertebrates to; Mammal, Fish, Reptile, Bird, amphibian.

Invertebrates to; Protozoa, Echinoderms, Annelids, Mollusks, Arthropods, Crustaceans, Arachnids, Insects.

(spellings may not be exact)

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