Classification - Student Worksheet

Classification Melbourne Zoo
Classification Self Classroom
Animal
Class
Most similar
classification
to yourself
Animal you
wish to save
Animal’s
Covering
Country of
Origin
Habitat
Place in habitat
Social
structure
Period of
Activity
Conservation
status
Invertebrate/
Vertebrate
Eye Position
Locomotion
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CLASSIFICATION REFERENCE GUIDE
Bioclimatic zone
Arid:
Bushland:
Dry landscape featuring sparse vegetation; often rocky or sandy
Open landscape featuring a range of medium to tall trees, shrubs and undergrowth
Coastal:
Characterised by ocean, rocks, sand, tidal pools and low-growing vegetation
Mandrill canine
teeth can
measure up to
5cm in length.
Grassland:
Montane:
Open landscape dominated by grass species
Mountainous; rocky and steep, vegetation is often stunted
Rainforest
Dense forest dominated by tall trees that form a canopy; receives over 2,000 mm of
rain annually
Wetland
An area featuring one or more bodies of water and a range of aquatic
and terrestrial plants
The oldest Giant
Tortoise on
record lived to
be 152 years
of age.
Place in habitat
Terrestrial
Arboreal
Fossorial
Aquatic
Lives on the ground
Lives in trees
Lives underground
Lives in water
Class
Bird
Mammal
Feathers, lays eggs, endothermic
Fur, live young, endothermic
Reptile
Scales, lays eggs, ectothermic
Amphibian
Skin, lays eggs, lives in water and on land, ectothermic
Diet
Herbivore
Carnivore
Eats plants
Eats meat
Omnivore
Eats both meat and plants
Detritivore
Eats the remains of matter that was once alive, such as fallen
Tree kangaroos
can leap to
the ground
from heights
of up to 18m
or even more,
without injury.
Body
Temperature
Ectothermic
Endothermic
leaves, dead skin and fecal matter (poo)
Relies on external sources of heat to warm the body
Can maintain body warmth using energy generated by metabolism
(the chemical processes through which the body obtains energy
from food)
Social Structure Solitary Lives alone
Communal
Lives in a group
Locomation Bipedal Moves on two limbs
Quadrupedal
Moves on four limbs
Lateral undulation
Wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward
Although uncertain,
Meerkats
appear to be
immune to
scorpion and
snake venom.
Conservation Status
Least concern
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically Endangered
Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant species are
included in this category.
Considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.
Extinct in the wild
The species only survives in captivity; e.g. In Zoos.
Extinct
There is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died
Period of Activity
Nocturnal
Diurnal
Mostly active at night
Mostly active during the day
Crepuscular
Mostly active at dawn and dusk