Animal Name: Lion
Kingdom: Animalia
Characteristics that place it here:
- they are multicellular and they are heterotrophs.
- the animal cells lack the rigid cell walls that characterize plant cells.
- their cells are organized into special tissues.
- they are specialized to some degree to perform specific functions.
Phylum: Chordata
Characteristics that place it here:
- Bylateral symmatry
- segmented body including segmented muscles
- single, darsal, hollow nerve, usually with an enlarged brain.
- 3 germ layers and a well-developed coleom
- tail projecting behind the anus @ some stage of development
- complete digestive system
- bony or cartilaginous endoskeleton, usually present
Class: Mammilia
Characteristics that place it there:
- they have 3 middle ear-bones
- hair and mammary glands.
- they hear sounds that are transmitted from the outside world to their
inner ears by a chain of 3 bones - the malleus , incus, and stapes.