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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 a bobcat a vertebrate or invertebrate?
Because it has a backbone (or spine), the bobcat is a vertebrate animal.
Are hummingbirds vertebrates or invertebrates?
Hummingbirds 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.
What is the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
Vertebrate means "having a backbone", invertebrate means "without a backbone".
Which of these organisms is a vertebrate A. Bacterium B. Worm C. Grass D. Chimpanzee?
A chimpanzee is a vertebrate.
What vertebrate does the ostrich belong to?
An ostrich does not belong to any vertebrate, an ostrich IS a vertebrate. This means they have an endoskeleton
What are the 5 groups of vertebrates animals and its meaning?
the 5 groups of Vertebrates are:
1.Fish
2.Amphibians
3.Reptiles
4.Birds
5.Mammals
Is centipede a vertebrate or invertebrate animal?
Centipedes are arthropods, and all arthropods are invertebrates. They have an exoskeleton, with no backbone or spinal cord. They belong to the Phylum Arthropoda, which includes organisms such as insects, spiders, centipedes and millipedes, and crustaceans.
Vertebrates include only some members of the Phylum Chordata: specifically, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.
All vertebrates are chordates but not all chordates are vertebrates?
all vertebrates are chordates because vertebrates are the sub- group of phylum chordates and also it follow one of the important feature of the chordates i.e. presence of notochord whereas all chordates are not vertebrates because some chordates are cephalochordates, urochordates.
What makes coccyx different from all the other groups of vertebrae?
It is consider as human seed for other live grow again to form human , it is the strongest bone in human and animal
Which vertebrate group is ambystoma mexicanum in?
An ambystoma mexicanum is an axolotl, of the vertebrate group amphibians.
The word vertebrate means that the animal has an internal backbone and a skeleton.
Why are some vertebrates hard to classify?
Because some animals have features of different groups of vertebrate. For example the duck built platypus is classified as a mammal but has some bird (a beak) and it lays eggs which a mammal doesn't do.
What is the vertebral type with a forked spinous process?
In the cervical spine, the C2-C6 vertebrae generally have bifid spinous proceses.
The presences of some similar structures in all vertebrates suggests that these veterbrates are?
descended from a common ancestor
What one characteristics distinguish most vertebrates from the other chordates?
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The features distinguish chordates from other groups of animals are:
A) Single, hollow nerve cor beneath dorsal surface, in vertebrates, it differentiate into brain and spinal cord
B) Notochord, flexible rod on the dorsal side of gut present at one stage in all cordates, displaced in vertebrates by vertebral column that forms around the nerve cord
C)Pharyngeal slits(pouches) connect pharynx(between mouth and esophagus)
D)Postanal tail extends beyond anus present at least in embryo
