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Also Known As	Chordata

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A translucent X-ray fish (Pristella maxillaris) swims in an aquarium, showing its visible backbone and internal structures through its body.

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Topics

Vertebrate Pikaia tunicate cephalochordate protochordate reptile fish Bird mammal chondrichthyan annelid echinoderm flatworm cnidarian arthropod mollusk moss animal lamp shells arrowworm ctenophore

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Bateson, William

William Bateson

British biologist

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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Lion (panthera leo)

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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024

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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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