LION

Kingdom- Animala
Characteristics that place it here:
multicelluar form with specialized enkaryotic cells that have their own means of locomotion
phylum- Cordata
Characteristics that place it here:
bilaterally symmetrical body
3 germ layers
segmented muscles
single dorsal
ventral heart with dorsal and ventral blood vessel
closed blood system
complete digestive system
Class-Mammalia
Classifications that place it here
A lion is a mammel
A lion consumes oxygen
reproduces
needs living space
needs food and water to live
can hear
has hair and sweat glands
feeds there newborns with milk
Order-Carnivora
characteristics that place it here:
They feed off of other animals in order to survive
Eat meat
Family-Felidae
characteristics that place it here:
Lions are field animals
they kill there prey and they rely on it for food to survive
Genius-Panthera
characteristics that place it here
Lions live in fields
carnivors
species-Leo
L-live in the plains of Africa and Asia
I-in captivity they live longer then if in the wild
O-on a regular basis they are strong powerful creatures
N-nothing can stop them for they are the lion
REFERENCES
animal diversity web
information from: http://animaldiversity.umm2.umich.adu/accounts/panthera/p._leo html
date: January 3rd
picture found at: www.webshots.com animals wildlife -African male lion