The Animal Kingdom
A table of the classification of the animal kingdom.
This table lists PHYLUM, CLASS, and ORDER.
The number of species is approximate.
A table of the classification of the animal kingdom.
This table lists PHYLUM, CLASS, and ORDER.
The number of species is approximate.
| Single Celled Animals 30,000 |
Flagellates | ||
| Sarcodines | Amoebas | ||
| Spore Formers | the Malaria parasite | ||
| Ciliates | |||
| Sponges 5,000 |
Calcareous Sponges | ||
| Glass Sponges | |||
| Horny Sponges | the bath sponge | ||
| Mesozoans 50 |
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| Coelenterates | Hydroids 2,700 |
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| Jellyfish 200 |
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| Sea Anemones and Corals 6,500 |
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| Comb Jellies 100 |
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| Flatworms | Free Living Flatworms 1,600 |
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| Flukes 2,400 |
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| Tapeworms 1,500 |
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| Ribbon Worms 750 |
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| Aschelminths | Rotifers 1,500 |
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| Gastrotrichs 175 |
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| Kinorhynchs 100 |
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| Priapulids 8 |
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| Horsehair Worms 225 |
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| Roundworms 10,000 |
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| Entoprocts 60 |
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| Thorney Headed Worms 300 |
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| Phoronid Worms 15 |
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| Moss Animals 4,000 |
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| Lamp Shells 260 |
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| Molluscs | Monoplacophorans 2 |
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| Chitons 1,150 |
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| Limpets, Snails and Slugs 35,000 |
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| Tusk Shells 200 |
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| Bivalve Molluscs 8,000 |
Mussels | ||
| Squids, Cuttlefish and Octopuses 700 |
Nautilus | ||
| Peanut Worms 250 |
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| Echiuroid Worms 60 |
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| Segmented Worms | Bristleworms 4,000 |
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| Earthworms 2,500 |
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| Leeches 300 |
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| Tongue Worms 70 |
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| Water Bears 180 |
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| Sea Spiders 500 |
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| Arthropods | Crustacians Cephalocarids 4 |
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| Crustacians Branchiopods 1,200 |
Brine Shrimp | ||
| Crustacians Mussel Shrimps 20,000 |
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| Crustacians Copepods 4,500 |
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| Crustacians Mystacocarids 3 |
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| Crustacians Fish Lice 75 |
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| Crustacians Barnacles 800 |
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| Crustacians Prawns, Crabs and Woodlice 18,000 |
Shrimps, Lobsters | ||
| King Crabs 5 |
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| Arachnids | Scorpions 600 |
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| Pseudoscorpions 1,100 |
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| Camel Spiders 570 |
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| Microwhip Scorpions 21 |
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| Whip Scorpions 105 |
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| Amblypygids 50 |
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| Spiders 20,000 |
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| Ricinuleids 15 |
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| Daddy Long Legs 2,400 |
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| Mites and Ticks 10,000 |
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| Velvet Worms 120 |
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| Pauropods 60 |
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| Millipedes 8,000 |
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| Centipedes 2,000 |
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| Symphylans 120 |
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| Springtails 1,100 |
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| Two Pronged Bristletails 400 |
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| Proturans 45 |
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| Three Pronged Bristletails 350 |
Silverfish | ||
| Insects | Mayflies 1,300 |
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| Dragonflies and Damselflies 4,500 |
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| Notopterans 6 |
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| Stoneflies 1,300 |
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| Web Spinners 150 |
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| Cockroaches 3,500 |
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| Mantids 1,800 |
Praying Mantis | ||
| Termites 1,900 |
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| Zorapterans 16 |
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| Grasshoppers, Crickets and Locusts
10,000 |
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| Stick Insects and Leaf Insects
2,000 |
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| Earwigs 900 |
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| Book Lice 1,000 |
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| Bird Lice 2,600 |
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| Sucking Lice 250 |
Human Typhus Louse | ||
| Thrips 5,000 |
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| Bugs 55,000 |
Aphids | ||
| Lacewings and Ant Lions 4,000 |
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| Alderflies 500 |
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| Snakeflies 80 |
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| Beetles 300,000 |
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| Strepsipterans 300 |
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| Scorpionflies 300 |
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| Caddisflies 3,500 |
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| Zeuglopterans 100 |
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| Butterflies and Moths 120,000 |
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| True Flies 75,000 |
House Fly, Fruit Fly, Daddy Longlegs, Mosquitos | ||
| Fleas 1,800 |
Black Death Flea | ||
| Ants, Bees and Wasps 100,000 |
Hornets | ||
| Arrow Worms 50 |
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| Beard Bearers 80 |
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| Echinoderms | Starfish 1,600 |
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| Brittle Stars 2,000 |
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| Sea Urchins 800 |
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| Sea Cucumbers 900 |
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| Sea Lilies 80 |
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| Hemichordates | Acorn Worms 70 |
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| Pterobranchs 20 |
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| Chordates Tunicates |
Sea Squirts 1,200 |
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| Salps 30 |
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| Larvaceans 30 |
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| Chordates Lancelets 20 |
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| Chordates Vertebrates |
Jawless Fish | Hagfish and Lampreys 45 |
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| Cartilaginous Fish Sharks and Rays |
Sharks 200 |
Dogfish | |
| Skates and Rays 350 |
Manta Ray | ||
| Cartilaginous Fish Chimaeras |
Chimaeras 25 |
Rat Fish | |
| Bony Fish Fleshy Finned Fish |
Coelacanth 1 |
Coelacanth | |
| Lungfish 5 |
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| Bony Fish Ray Finned Fish |
Bichirs 12 |
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| Sturgeons 22 |
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| Garpikes 7 |
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| Bowfin 1 |
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| Tarpons 12 |
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| Eels 300 |
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| Spiny Eels 20 |
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| Herrings 350 |
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| Bony Tongues 16 |
Arapaima | ||
| Mormyrids and Gymnarchids 150 |
Elephant Snout Fish | ||
| Salmon and Pike 500 |
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| Lantern Fish 300 |
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| Macristid 1 |
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| Milk Fish 15 |
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| Carps and Characins 350 |
Electric Eel | ||
| Catfish 200 |
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| Sand Rollers and Pirate Perches
10 |
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| Toadfish 10 |
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| Clingfish 100 |
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| Angler Fish 150 |
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| Codfish 450 |
Atlantic Cod | ||
| Squirrel Fish 150 |
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| Flying Fish and Killifish 600 |
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| John Dory 60 |
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| Moonfish 50 |
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| Sticklebacks and Sea Horses 150 |
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| Snakeheads 5 |
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| Swamp Eels and Cuchias 7 |
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| Flying Gurnards 6 |
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| Scorpionfish and Gurnards 700 |
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| Dragonfish and Sea Moths 4 |
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| Perches 6,500 |
Mackeral, Remora | ||
| Flatfish 500 |
Plaice, Sole, Turbots | ||
| Triggerfish and Pufferfish 250 |
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| Amphibians | Legless Amphibians 167 |
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| Newts and Salamanders 302 |
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| Frogs and Toads 3,000 |
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| Reptiles | Turtles and Tortoises 213 |
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| Tuatara 1 |
Tuatara | ||
| Lizards and Snakes 4,400 |
Geckos, Iguanas, Chameleons, Slow Worm, Gila Monster, Komodo Dragon, Pythons, Adders, Cobras, Grass Snake | ||
| Crocodiles and Alligators 21 |
Cayman | ||
| Birds | Kiwis 3 |
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| Ostrich 1 |
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| Rheas 2 |
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| Cassowaries and Emus 4 |
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| Tinamous 50 |
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| Grebes 21 |
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| Loons 5 |
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| Penguins 18 |
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| Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels
71 |
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| Pelicans 59 |
Tropic Birds, Cormorants, Shags, Gannets, Boobies, Frigate Birds | ||
| Herons, Storks and Flamingoes
120 |
Ibises, Spoonbills | ||
| Screamers and Ducks 148 |
Swans, Geese | ||
| Eagles, Hawks and Vultures 270 |
Condors, Osprey, Falcons | ||
| Game Birds and Hoatzin 251 |
Grouse, Fowl, Partridge, Turkeys | ||
| Cranes 197 |
Quails, Moorhens, Coots, Bustards | ||
| Waders, Gulls and Auks 294 |
Jacanas, Oyster Catchers, Plovers, Sanpipers, Gulls, Terns | ||
| Pigeons 305 |
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| Parrots 315 |
Parakeets, Cockatoos, Macaws, Lories | ||
| Cuckoos and Turacos 147 |
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| Owls 130 |
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| Frogmouths and Nightjars 94 |
Oilbird | ||
| Swifts and Hummingbirds 387 |
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| Trogons 35 |
Quetzal | ||
| Colies 6 |
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| Kingfishers and Hornbills 190 |
Kookaburras, Bee Eaters | ||
| Woodpeckers, Barbets and Toucans
400 |
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| Passerines 4,932 |
Flycatchers, Lyrebirds, Larks, Swallows, Martins, Drongos, Crows, Magpies, Jays, Birds of Paradise, Tits, Wrens, Mockingbirds, Thrushes, Starlings, Honey Eaters, Warblers, Tanagers, Finches, Sparrows | ||
| Mammals Monotremes |
Egg Laying Mammals 6 |
Echidnas, Platypus | |
| Mammals Marsupials |
Pouched Mammals 238 |
Opossums, Bandicoots, Wombats, Kangaroos | |
| Mammals Placentals |
Insect Eating Mammals 300 |
Shrews, Moles, Hedgehogs | |
| Colugos 2 |
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| Bats 830 |
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| Whales 83 |
Dolphins, Porpoises | ||
| Anteaters, Sloths and Armadilos 28 |
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| Pangolins 7 |
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| Pikas, Hares and Rabbits 64 |
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| Rodents 1,800 |
Squirrels, Gophers, Beaver, Hampsters, Lemmings, Voles, Rats, Mice, Dormice, Jerboas, Porcupines, Guinea Pigs, Capybara, Agoutis, Viscachas, Chinchillas | ||
| Seals 32 |
Walrus, Sea Lions, | ||
| Aardvark 1 |
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| Elephants 2 |
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| Hyraxes 6 |
Dassies | ||
| Sea Cows 4 |
Manatees | ||
| Odd Toed Hoofed Mammals 15 |
Tapirs, Rhinoceroses, Horses, Asses, Zebras | ||
| Even Toed Hoofed Mammals 172 |
Pigs, Peccaries, Hippopotamuses, Camels, Deer, Sheep, Goats, Antelopes, Cattle, Giraffes | ||
| Flesh Eating Mammals 245 |
Cats, Civets, Dogs, Weasils, Mink, Skunk, Badger, Otter, Bears, Pandas, Racoons | ||
| Primates 171 |
Tree Shrews, Lemurs, Bush Babies, Marmosets, Tamarins, Monkeys, Apes, Man |
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| The Animal Kingdom contains classification of all animals with a detailed breakdown of the Vertebrates. |
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