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The vertebrates are animals with a backbone. Scientists separate this group into smaller groups because of their features:

  • how the animal takes in oxygen -- lungs, gills or through the skin
  • thermoregulation -- maintains own temperature (homeotherms) or temperature varies with surroundings (poikilotherms)
  • reproduction -- internal or external fertilization, lay eggs (oviparous) or give birth to live young (viviparous).
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