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    Vertebrates – Bony skeleton

    Freder

    Mammals (6,400 sp)

    A legacy to maintain and a success-story worth telling

    CreativeNature_nl

    Birds (10,906 sp)

    Birds have always captivated mankind’s imagination because of their mastery of the skies

    ABDESIGN

    Amphibians (8,736 sp)

    Dependent on rapidly diminishing clean freshwater bodies invaded by invasive species, half are threatened with extinction

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    Anyone’s missing? It’s your time to shine and help us fill the missing pieces.

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    bridge99

    Reptiles (11,441 sp)

    If they bite you and you die, they are ‘venomous’; if you bite them and you die, they are ‘poisonous’

    Pedro Lastra

    Ray-finned fishes (32,513 sp)

    Home for over half of all living vertebrate species

    feathercollector

    Dipneusti – Lungfish (6 sp)

    Showcases remarkable adaptations allowing them to thrive on land and sea

    slowmotiongli

    Coelac' – Coelacanths (2 sp)

    Ancient lobe-finned fish, characterized by muscular buds within the fins

    Vertebrates – Cartilaginous skeleton

    Terry Goss

    Sharks & rays (1,226 sp)

    Jurassic period oceanic cartilaginous marvels, dwellers of the oceanic depths

    Viktor V. Grøtan

    Holocep' – Chimaeras (56 sp)

    Also known as rat fish or ghost sharks; unlike sharks, they have no visible gills

    Vertebrates – Jawless fish

    Peter Southwood

    Myxini – Hagfishes (82 sp)

    One of the oldest extant vertebrates on Earth, have skull but no backbone!

    NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory)

    Petromyz' – Lampreys (47 sp)

    Has an evolutionary lineage that dates back more than 360 million years

    Invertebrates – Arthropods (exoskeleton)

    Muhammad Mahdi Karim

    Insecta – Insects / bugs (1,000,000 sp)

    Tiny earth’s aviation pioneers are big impactors

    cotinis

    Arachnida – Spiders & scorpions (92,608 sp)

    Web weavers and fang bearers

    Barfbagger

    Malacostraca – Malacostracans (45,575 sp)

    The largest of the six classes of crustaceans

    Thomas Shahan

    Diplopoda – Millipedes (13,210 sp)

    Silently carries out a vital role as nature’s recyclers

    ערן פינקל

    Chilopoda – Centipedes (3,145 sp)

    Their venom, speed, and meat-eating habits make them efficient hunters

    NOAA Ocean Exploration & Research

    Pycnogonida – Sea spiders (1,389 sp)

    Undergo molting to grow and reproduce

    Perry Bill, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    Merostomata – Horseshoe crabs (5 sp)

    One of nature’s living fossils

    Invertebrates – Molluscs

    Gastropoda – Snails & slugs (96,522 sp)

    One of the most diverse group of organisms and is home to over 90,000 species

    Quality image

    Bivalvia – Marine molluscs (21,788 sp)

    Widely distributed class of invertebrates found in aquatic habitats throughout the world

    Morten Brekkevold

    Cephalopoda – Squids & octopuses (13,275 sp)

    Intelligent creatures that can change their colors and patterns in milliseconds!

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