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   Discover facts about animals by group, by habitat, or by name. Click on a group to learn about the different types of animals that are related to each other. To find out more about how scientists place animals in groups, read the article called biological classification.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AnimalAnimal - Wikipedia

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   Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described, of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been estimated there are as many as 7.77 million animal species on Earth. Animal body lengths range from 8.5 μm (0.00033 in) to 33.6 m (110 ft).

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   • Among the mammals, cattle, deer, horses, lions, bats, bears, and wolves are the subjects of myths and worship. The signs of the Western and Chinese zodiacs are also based on animals.

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   What animals are kept as pets?

   • However, the most kept pet species are mammals, namely dogs, cats, and rabbits. There is a tension between the role of animals as companions to humans, and their existence as individuals with rights of their own. A wide variety of terrestrial and aquatic animals are hunted for sport.

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   How many animals are there on Earth?

   • Animals form a clade, meaning they arose from a single common ancestor. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described —of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been estimated there are as many as 7.77 million animal species on Earth.

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   What are the two main groups of animals?

   • Animals can mainly be divided into two main groups: the invertebrates and the vertebrates. Vertebrates have a backbone, or spine; invertebrates do not. Vertebrates are the only group to have an adaptive immune system, which may be partly responsible for their size and success.

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5. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › AnimalAnimal - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   There are many different types of animals. The common animals most people know are only about 3% of the animal kingdom. When biologists look at animals, they find things that certain animals have in common. They use this to group the animals in a biological classification. Several million species may exist, but biologists have only identified about...

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   The animal mode of nutrition is called heterotrophic because they get their food from other living organisms. Some animals eat only plants; they are called herbivores. Other animals eat only meat and are called carnivores. Animals that eat both plants and meat are called omnivores. Some animals get their energy from photosynthetic protiststhat live...

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   In scientific usage, humans are animals. But in everyday use, humans are often not regarded as animals.

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   List of animal phyla

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6. kids.nationalgeographic.com › animalsAnimals - National Geographic Kids

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   Weird But True: Animals (AD) Subscribe (AD) Subscribe. Video Series. Awesome 8. Awesome 8. Amazing Animals. Amazing Animals. Animal Showdown. Animal Showdown. What ...

7. kids.britannica.com › kids › articleanimal - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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   Mammals include mice, deer, seals, whales, monkeys, and humans. Mammals live on land in all parts of the world. A few types, such as whales, live in the ocean but still must breathe air. Animals are living things. Like plants, animals need food and water to live.

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   A German Shepherd. Dogs are mammals, usually kept as pets or for work on farms or the police. Some dogs are trained to be rescue dogs, and join teams such as mountain rescue. They have been bred by humans from their ancestral wolves. They were the first animals to live with humans, as far as we know. [4]

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   For all of their roaring, growling, and ferociousness, lions are family animals and truly social in their own communities. They usually live in groups of 15 or more animals called prides. Prides can be as small as 3 or as big as 40 animals. In a pride, lions hunt prey, raise cubs, and defend their territory together. In prides the females do most of the hunting and cub rearing. Usually all the ...