Grouping Animals
There are all sorts of animals on display in the Museum. Scientists classify
animals according to their shared characteristics, grouping them into
classes. Have a look at these animals and try and classify them into their
different groups.
Does it have an endoskeleton or an exoskeleton?
Does it lay eggs, or give birth to live young?
What skin covering does it have - feathers, fur or scales?
Is it a bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate?
Swimmer crab
Koala
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Butterfly
Coral snake
Parrot fish
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Fire salamander
Australian
bee-eater
Yellow-necked
mouse
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Spider crab
Nile crocodile
Chinchilla
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Plum-headed
parakeet
Ocellated lizard
Moon moth
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European pond
tortoise
Red squirrel
Yellow harlequin
toad
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Song thrush
Goliath beetle
Red panda
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Meerkat
A bug
American bald
eagle
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Tasmanian devil
Great pipe fish
Dark handed
gibbon
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