Panda Bear

Kingdom : Animalia
Characteristics:
Multicellular with specialized eukaryotic cells
rely on other organisms for nourishment
ingest food and digest food in an eternal cavity
have thier own means of locomotion
Phylum: Chordata
Characteristics:
Bilaterally symmetrical bodies ( the right side and left side of the body are a mirror image of each other.)
at some point of their life cycle they have a gills slits or pouched 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 digestive system with openings at both ends of their body
Class: Mammalia
Characteristics:
Conceive their young within the reproductive tract of the mother
Nourish young with milk produced by the mother's mammary glands
Are heterodonts ( that means that they have a variety of specialized teeth)
are heterondonts ( that means they are warm blooded)
they have hair and sweat glands
they have a 4 heart chamber
they have a complex nervous system
they have large brains
Order: Carnivora
Characteristics:
They have premolars
They eat meat ( But not all carnivores eat meat ; panda bears are vegetarian)
Family: Ursidae
Characteristics:
They are found on all continents (except Australia)
They hairy soles
Their skulls are elongated
Genius: Ailuropoda
Characteristics :
Body of a panda is white except for its ears, eye patches, muzzle, hindlimbs, forelimbs, and shoulders which are black.
Species: Ailuropoda Melanoleuca
Characteristics:
They have opposable thumbs. Panda's leave their mothers at 18 months. They live in cool, damp, forests.
References:
picture#1: ditto.com
http://www.ziplink.net/~bmcslord/panda.html
Poem
Panda's are black and white.
They are such a beautiful sight.
They are amazing animals
that walk on all fours.
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