Vertebrate Zoology: A Study Guide - T. A. Dauda 2014

Preface

The Significance of Vertebrate Animals in Human Life

Multicellular Animals

Chordates

Multicellular organisms

Subphylum Tunicata, or Urochordata

Multicellular Animals

Subphylum Acrania

Metazoa

Subphylum Vertebrates (Craniata)

Multicellular Animals

Subphylum Vertebrata (Craniata) - Class Cyclostomata

Multicellular organisms

Subphylum Vertebrata, or Craniata — Class Cyclostomata — Subclass Myxini

Subphylum Vertebrata, or Craniata — Class Cyclostomata — Subclass Lampreys

Metazoans

Fishes

Multicellular Animals

Class Chondrichthyes

Class Chondrichthyes - Superorder Sharks

Metazoans

Class Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes) - Superorder Batoidea (Rays)

Class Bony Fishes - Subclass Chondrostei - Order Sturgeons

Multicellular Animals

Class Bony Fishes - Subclass Actinopterygii

Metazoa

Class Osteichthyes - Subclass Actinopterygii - Order Clupeiformes

Multicellular Animals

Class Osteichthyes - Subclass Actinopterygii - Order Salmoniformes

Class Osteichthyes - Subclass Actinopterygii - Order Cypriniformes

Class Bony Fishes - Subclass Actinopterygii - Order Esociformes

Class Bony Fishes - Subclass Ray-finned Fishes - Order Gasterosteiformes

Class Bony Fishes - Subclass Ray-finned Fishes - Order Perciformes

Multicellular Organisms

Class Bony Fishes - Subclass Ray-finned Fishes - Order Cod-like Fishes

Multicellular Animals

Class Bony Fishes - Subclass Ray-finned Fishes - Order Flatfishes

Metazoans

Class Bony Fishes - Subclass Sarcopterygii - Superorder Crossopterygii

Multicellular Animals

Class Amphibia

Metazoa

Class Amphibia — Order Urodela (Caudata)

Multicellular Animals

Class Amphibia — Order Anura

Metazoa

Class Amphibia — Order Apoda (Gymnophiona)

Class Reptilia, or reptiles

Metazoans

Class Reptilia, or Reptiles

Order Squamata

Metazoa

Order Crocodilia

Metazoans

Order Testudines (Turtles)

Multicellular Animals

Class Aves

Metazoans

Superorder Impennes - Order Sphenisciformes

Multicellular Animals

Superorder Paleognathae, or Ratites — Order Struthioniformes (African Ostriches)

Superorder Paleognathae, or Ratites — Order Rheiformes, or Rheas

Superorder Paleognathae, or Ratites — Order Casuariiformes

Metazoa

Superorder Ratitae, or Ostriches - Order Apterygiformes, or Kiwis

Multicellular Animals

Superorder Carinatae - Order Podicipediformes

Superorder Neognathae – Order Procellariiformes, or Tubenoses

Metazoa

Superorder Carinatae – Order Pelecaniformes

Metazoans

Superorder Carinatae — Order Ciconiiformes, or Waders

Superorder Paleognathae and Neognathae - Order Anseriformes

Metazoa

Superorder Neognathae — Order Falconiformes, or Diurnal Raptors

Superorder Neognathae — Order Galliformes

Multicellular Animals

Superorder Neognathae — Order Gruiformes

Metazoa

Superorder Neognathae — Order Charadriiformes, or Waders

Multicellular Organisms

Superorder Carinatae - Order Charadriiformes

Multicellular Animals

Superorder Carinatae – Order Columbiformes

Superorder Neognathae — Order Cuculiformes

Metazoa

Superorder Carinatae - Order Psittaciformes

Metazoans

Superorder Carinatae – Order Strigiformes

Metazoa

Superorder Neognathae — Order Apodiformes

Multicellular Animals

Superorder Carinatae - Order Piciformes

Superorder Carinatae - Order Passeriformes

Multicellular Organisms

Class Mammalia

Multicellular Animals

Subclass Prototheria, or Monotremes

Metazoa

Subclass Theria

Multicellular Animals

Infraclass Eutheria, or Placental Mammals

Order Insectivora

Metazoa

Infraclass Eutheria, or placental mammals

Order Chiroptera

Multicellular Animals

Infraclass Eutheria, or Placental Mammals

Order Rodentia

Multicellular animals

Infraclass Eutheria, or placental mammals

Order Lagomorpha

Metazoa

Infraclass Eutheria, or Placental Mammals

Order Carnivora

Infraslass Eutheria, or placental mammals

Order Pinnipedia

Multicellular Animals

Infraclass Eutheria, or Placental Mammals

Order Cetacea

Order Proboscidea

Metazoa

Infraclass Eutheria, or placental mammals

Order Artiodactyla

Multicellular Animals

Infraclass Eutheria, or Placental Mammals

Order Tylopoda

Metazoa

Infraclass Eutheria, or placental mammals

Order Perissodactyla

Multicellular Animals

Infraclass Eutheria, or Placental Mammals

Order Primates

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