Class | Habitat | Covering of skin | Respiratory organs | Chambers of heart | Reproduction |
Pisces | Marine or freshwater | Scales are present | Gills | 2 chambers | External |
Amphibia | Can live on land as well as in water | Scales are absent | Gills are present in larval stages; in adult, stage respiration occurs through lungs | 3 chambers | External |
Reptilia | Burrowing and creeping; mostly terrestrial | Epidermal scales are present | Respiration takes place through lungs | 3 chambers except for crocodiles that have 4 chambered | Internal |
Aves | Aerial animals (live in air and on trees) | Feathers | Respiration is by lungs | 4 chambers | Internal |
Mammalia | Milk producing animals occur in all sorts of habitats | Scales are absent | Respiration is by lungs | 4 chambers | Internal |