Snow Leopard    By: VMD

Kingdom: Animalia

• multicellular heterotrophs
• no cell wall
• rapid movement
• digest / ingest food through an internal cavity
• tissue cells

Phylum: Chordata

• bilateral symmetry
• segmented body, segmented body
• three germ layers, well developed coelom
• single, dorsal, hollow nerve cord
• tail
• pharyngeal pouches
• ventral heart and closed blood system
• complete digestive system
• endoskeleton

Class: Mammalia

• three middle ear bones
• hair
• mammary glands
• whiskers
• feed newborn with milk
• a lower jaw

Order: Carnivora

• enlarged fourth upper premolar and first lower molar for cutting meat
• rapid sprinters
• has a simple stomach

Family: Felidae

• hunters
• a short rostrum and retractable claws
• five toes on their forefeet and four toes on their hind feet

Genus and Species: Uncia, Uncia uncia

References:

 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu./accounts/uncia/u._uncia$narrative.html

Poem

Cuddly Snow Leopard

You are  very beautiful 

My cute kitty cat

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