ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION

We can classify animals according to:

WHERE ANIMALS LIVE
If we look at the habitat where they live and the way they move, we can find:

• Animals that live on the ground use legs to move. They walk, run, jump and crawl. They have strong legs.
• Animals that live in water, like fish, use fins to swim. Other animals, like frogs, have special legs to swim.
• Animals that live in the air use wings to fly. Birds and insects have wings.

THE WAY ANIMALS REPRODUCE
But if we consider animals reproduction, we classify them in two groups:

• Viviparous: animals that are born from their mother's womb.
• Oviparous: they are born from an egg laid by their mother.

THE FOOD ANIMALS EAT

Looking at the food they eat, animals can be classified into:

• CARNIVORES: They only eat other animals.
• HERBIVORES: They only eat plants.
• OMNIVORES: They eat both meat and plants.

THEIR BODY STRUCTURE

Looking at their bodies, we divide animals in two big groups:

• VERTEBRATES have got bones.

• INVERTEBRATES have not got bones.