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List its full scientific name and classification:
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordate

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

Genus: Felis

Species: Feline
Common Name: Tabby Cat

Basic Info
Mass: 4-4.5kg
Height: 30-35cm
Lifespan: 15 years
Distribution: All around the world

How has it adapted to its environment? Detail specific traits.
- eyes adapted to seeing in the dark
- long flexible tail to aid balance
- compact, flexible body-making it easier to move
- long retractable claws to grab and hold prey

Find the common ancestor:
Near Eastern wildcat (African wildcat)

How has it evolved over time? Investigate previous species in its evolutionary line.
- The distinctive pattern of the tabby cat's coat dates back to domestic cats in ancient Egypt

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By Heath Critten

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

Genus: Panthera

Species: Panthera Uncia
Common Name: Snow Leopard

Basic Info
Mass: 54kg (adult)
Height: 150cm (without tail)
Lifespan: 10-13 years
Distribution: China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Russia, and Mongolia

How has it adapted to its environment? Detail specific traits.
- white coat with black spots allows them to camouflage
- short round ears to reduce heat loss
- long hind limbs to launch the cat high in the air

Find the common ancestor:
The first cat-like creature, Proailurus Lemanensis about 25 million years ago.

How has it evolved over time? Investigate previous species in its evolutionary line.
- today's snow leopards look significantly different from the first cat.

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By Amarlee Scott
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Genus: Castor
Species: Castor canadensis
Common name: Beaver

Mass: 11-32kg
Height:  0.5m tall
Lifespan: 10-12 years
Distribution: North America except California and Nevada, can be found in Germany, France, Poland and Russia.

Adapted:
Thick fur - keep warm
Very thin second eyelid - like goggles while swimming
Webbed back feet - faster, more efficient swimming
flat wide tail - stores fat for warmth in winter
valves in ears and nose - close when diving underwater.

common ancestor:
Anomaluromorpha

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Lainey
List its full scientific name and classification:
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Genus: Vulpes

Species: Vulpes lagopus
Common Name: Arctic Fox

Basic Info:

Mass: 1.4 - 3.2kg (adult female)

Height: 25-30 cm

Lifespan: Up to 14 years in captivity

Distribution: Alaska

How has it adapted to its environment? Detail specific traits.

- white fur
- round compact bodies to minimise exposure to cold air
- short muzzle, ears, and legs to conserve heat

Find the common ancestor:

The fox, Vulpes qiuzhudingi

How has it evolved over time? Investigate previous species in its evolutionary line.
It looks very different to a normal fox, and has adapted to suit its surroundings and climate.

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by Daniel Kelly

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Protelidae (Hyenas)
Genus: Proteles
Species: Proteles cristata
Common name: Aardwolf

Basic Info
Mass: 8kg
Height: 50cm
Length: 70cm
Lifespan: 8-10 years
Distribution: East and Southern Africa

How has it adapted to it's environment?
- long snout to reach insects inside hives and burrows
-long tongue to dig insects out of hives and burros
- tongue is sticky so that small insects are easy to pick up

Common ancestor:
Its direct ancestor was the Indian Crocuta Sivalensis, which lived during the Villafranchian age.

How has it evolved over time?
- the aardwolf evolved and deviated from the standard hyenas, its environment was rich in insects so it adapted to eating those.

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jess

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class:  Aves
Order:  Psittaciformes
Family:  Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Tribe:  Melopsittacini
Genus:  Melopsittacus
Species:  M. undulatus
Common name: budgie

Basic Info-
Mass: 30-40g
Height: 18cm
Lifespan: 5-8 years

How has it adapted to its environment-
- Ability to regulate the water leaving through their skin
- Yellow green colour allows for camouflage against predators

Descendant from:  Archaeopteryx.

How has it evolved?-
- gotten smaller
- adapted to the desert
- colours are different

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scientific name: Orcinus orca
Kingdom: | Animalia
Phylum: | Chordata
Class: | Mammalia
Order: | Artiodactyla
Infraorder: | Cetacea
Family: | Delphinidae
Genus: | Orcinus
Species: | O. orca

lifespan: 50-80 years
length: 6-8m
weight: 3,628 to 5,443 kg

adaptation:
- “colored” to blend into it’s surroundings
- large eyes to see through the dark waters to look for prey or predators in the dark water

lauren

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kingdom- animalia
phylum- chordata
class- aves
order- Anseriformes
family- anatidae
genus- branta
species- Branta canadensis
common name- goose

mass (adult)- 10kg
height- 75-110cm
lifespan- 10-24 years
distribution- North America, Central America, South America, Eurasia, Australia, Africa, and more

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Brown Bear

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List its full scientific name and classification:
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: primate

Family: Cercopithecidae

Genus:

Species:
Common Name: Proboscis monkey

Basic Info
Mass:
Height:
Lifespan:
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Scientific name: Gallus gallus domesticus

Speed: 14 km/h (Maximum)

Lifespan: 5 – 10 years

Higher classification: Red junglefowl

Rank: Subspecies

Family: Phasianidae

BASIC INFORMATION
height: 70 cm (27.6 inches) tall
weight: 2.6 kg (5.7 pounds) on average.
differences between male and female: Males are called cocks or roosters and females are called hens. They are known for their fleshy combs and high-arched tails.

HOW HAS IT ADAPTED TO ITS ENVIRONMENT
1. bones are light to allow for quick movements

FUN FACTS

Chickens love to play, run, skip and flap their wings. They also enjoy sunbathing.

Hens teach sounds to their chicks while they are still in the egg.

Chickens have a profound memory and are able to distinguish between more than 100 faces of their species. They can also recognise people.

Chickens are able to distinguish colours. They also see ultraviolet light and iridescent hues. Their world looks more colourful than ours.

Chickens demonstrate REM (Rapid Eye Movement) when sleeping. So they are capable of dreaming, just like us human beings.

Chickens make friends. Some bonds are so close that grief at the death of another member of their species can be so strong that the chicken left behind will die soon afterwards.

The cognitive skills of chickens are similarly high to those of a dog or cat.

Chickens have pain receptors, which means that they are able to feel pain and suffering.

They can taste salt but not perceive sweet tastes.

Chickens understand that when an object is taken away and hidden, it still exists.

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By Miss Cuthbert
List its full scientific name and classification:
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae (bears)

Genus: Ursus

Species: Ursus arctos
Common Name: Brown Bear

Basic Info
Mass: 600kg (adult)
Height: 150cm
Lifespan: Up to 30 years
Distribution: Eurasia and North America

How has it adapted to its environment? Detail specific traits.
- long claws to dig plant roots
- omnivore to utilise different sources of food
- fishing
- hibernation

Find the common ancestor:
The first bear was Ursavus elmensis about 20 million years ago.

How has it evolved over time? Investigate previous species in its evolutionary line.
- today's brown bear looks very different from the first bear.