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Preferred term

vertebrates

Definition

[GEMET] Any chordate animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous skeleton and a well-developed brain: the group contains fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Broader concept

animals

Narrower concepts

amphibians
fishes
lampreys
rays
reptiles
sharks

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Chinese

脊椎动物

Japanese

脊椎動物

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20623

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 12/18/18

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