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Vertebrates
Vertebrates belong to the subphylum Vertebrata – the largest subphylum of chordates containing several groups of large land animals including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes. Vertebrates have spinal columns and backbones. There are now around 58,000 species of vertebrates.
1,413 Questions
Is an Arctic hare a vertebrate or invertebrate?
Arctic hares are mammals and, like all mammals, they are vertebrates because they have a spine and spinal cord, and an internal skeleton. They belong to the Phylum Chordata.
Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians are all vertebrates.
Chickadees are birds and, like all birds, they are vertebrates because they have a spine and spinal cord, and an internal skeleton. They belong to the Phylum Chordata.
Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians are all vertebrates.
Lungs were needed so that they could survive on land for an length of time. But they could still lay eggs in the water.
To move away from the water it was necessary that eggs had shells, so they didn't dry out during development.
Both were important, but the answer has to be lungs. Without lungs, they wouldn't have been able to get away from the water at all, so shelled eggs would have served no purpose anyway.
Is a collared peccary a vertebrate or invertebrate animal?
Collared peccaries are mammals and, like all mammals, they are vertebrates because they have a spine and spinal cord, and an internal skeleton. They belong to the Phylum Chordata.
Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians are all vertebrates.
because structural characteristic do not change over time but physical appearance do
Are there vertebral discs in the sacrum?
No. There are no intervertebral discs in the Sacrum. The Sacrum is a fusion between 5 vertebrae and this the same with the Coccyx (fusion of 3). The final intervertebral disc is between L5 and the superior surface of the Sacrum.
What aids circulation and nutrients throughout a vertebrate body?
Blood aids in the circulation of oxygen and nutrients throughout a vertebrate.
What structures protect the spinal cord vertebrates?
If you are referring to the spinal cord then the vertebrae, dura mater, arachnoid mater and pia mater. If referring to the actual bones then supportive muscles, intervertebral discs, connective tissue including adipose (fat).
What is the class of a vertebrates that breathe through their lungs and their skin?
how do birds breathe
How in vertebrate animals classified?
Vertebrates are animals with a backbone (a.k.a a spine) we are vertebrates and so are the rest of the mammal kingdom.
Invertebrates are animals without a backbone like crustacean (Crabs) and Arachne and insects.
Identify one similarity and one difference between vertebrates and other chordates?
They both have a notochord but a chordata does not have a back bone and the vertebrate does
