VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

PHYLA IN MAMMALIAN TAXONOMY

• In general, there are many phyla available in the taxonomical classification of animals. Example: Phylum Annelida contains the animals like leeches and tape worm that have a segmented body and Phylum Arthropoda comprises the animals like crab, lobster, spider, scorpion and insects.
• These are the bilaterally symmetrical ones with segmented body that is coverd by a chtinous exoskeleton .
• Among the different phyla, it is the phylum chordata that is considered as more significant one.