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Chordate is the common name for a very large group of animals (kingdom Animalia) that, at some stage in their life cycle, have something resembling a spinal chord or column, and gill slits. The phylum is called Chordata, and includes humans (we have gill slits in our fetal stage.

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What is a mammal's scientific name?

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Which type of animals are close to chordates from evolutionary point of view?

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All vertebrates are chordates but not all chordates are vertebrates?

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Is chordates vertebrates?

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