If you asked someone to list names of animals, you probably get such answers as dog, horse, squirrel, lion, and mouse.
Very few people would think of snakes, clams, robins, or earthwprms. Yet all are members of the vast and wonderful kingdom of animals. We are members of it. So are amoebas, herrings, elephants, and penguins. The big animal kingdom is divided into groups called classes. Birds form one class. Insects are another class. So are fishes. Still other classes include lobsters, clams, worms, and jellyfish. Snakes belong to one class. Frogs belong to another. We ourselves belong to the class called mammals-along with dogs, horses, elephants, monkeys, and many others. (Mammals are animals that nurse their young on milk.) Together the members of the animal kingdom offer a wondrous variety of life.
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