vertebrates

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1. Animals that have a spinal cord enclosed in a backbone.

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Human beings are vertebrates.

The five traditional class es of vertebrates are amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals, and reptiles. (Compare invertebrates.)

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This marks the first time circoviruses have been detected in cetaceans from this region and adds to the growing list of viruses known to infect marine vertebrates.

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"These thousands of newly found species each year are not just microscopic organisms, but include insects, plants, fungi and even hundreds of new vertebrates."

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"I am fascinated by the ways in which changes during development give rise to the skeletal features which distinguish dinosaurs, birds, crocodylians, and other vertebrates," said Morris.

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Like many members of the wolf snake group, they are non-venomous and likely prey on small vertebrates such as reptiles, amphibians and rodents.

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These frogs may therefore become important model organisms for studying how vertebrates develop resistance to venom and pain.

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