Scientific Taxanomy and Earth’s Biodiversity Paper Go to the Zoology Web site http://animaldiversity.umich.edu/site/index.html

Select two mammals, two insects, two birds, and two echinoderms to research.

List and briefly describe the eight species you have selected.

What are the characteristics that classify all the species you have selected in the Kingdom Animalia?

What are two or three characteristics shared by the two mammals you selected?

What are two or three differences between the two mammals? To what order does each of the mammal species you selected belong? Describe why they are classified. List two other species that belong to those same orders. The said questions are applied to the insects birds, and echinoderms.