COCKER SPANIEL

Kingdom:  Animalia

Characteristics that place it here:

• multicellular with specialized eukaryotic cells

• rely on other organisms for nourishment

• ingest food and digest food in an internal cavity

• have their own means of locomotion

Phylum:   Chordata

Characteristics that place it here:

• bilaterally symmetrical bodies ( the right and left side of a body are a mirror image of each other.)

• at some point of the life cycle they have a pair of gill silts or pouches used to obtain oxygen in a liquid environment.

• have a notochord at some phase of their life cycle

• members often have a head, tail and a digestive system with openings at both ends of their body.

Class:  Mammalia

Characteristics that place it here:

• Conceive their young within the reproductive tract of the mother

• nourish young with milk produced by the mothers mammary glands

• are heterodonts ( that means that they have a variety of specialized teeth)

• are endothermic ( that means they are warm blooded)

• they have hair and sweat glands

• they have a 4 chambered heart

• they have a complex nervous system

• they have large brains

Order:  Canivora

Characteristics that place it here:

• they are meat eaters

• they have a first lower molar

• they are medium sized

• they have very good senses, vision, and hearing

• they are excellent runners

• they have a simple stomach

Family:  Canidae

Characteristics that place it here:

• they are medium-sized flesh eaters

• they are adapted for endurance

• they are violent

Genius:

Species:

Description:

• there come in many different colors such as, tan, white, cream, red, brown, and black

• they come in multi colors

• they come in long haired and short haired

• they mostly like to sleep, eat, and play with a tennis ball

References:

 I found my pictures at Bostian T-Parti Cocker Spaniel  http://www.bewellnet.com/dvcboyd/index.html   and  Catherine's Cockers http://www.cockerpups.com/  on January 10, 2001

I got my information at The animal Diversity web, http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/canis/c._lupus.html_ and Cocker Spaniel Adoption Center, http://www.cockeradoption.com/ on January 10,2001 

Poem:

Cocker Spaniels are:                                    

outstanding pets

cuddly

kids love them

easy to take care of

runs a lot

Sugars will kill them

pals to humans

adults love their company

not entirely lazy

incredible ball players

everybody them

loveable pets