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chordates

Definition

The highest phylum in the animal kingdom, characterized by a notochord, nerve cord, and gill slits; includes the urochordate, lancelets and vertebrates.

Broader Terms

BT↑ animals

More specific terms

NT8 ↓ vertebrate ►▼
- NT9 ↓ amphibians
- NT9 ↓ birds ►▼
  - NT10 ↓ birds of prey
  - NT10 ↓ breeding birds
  - NT10 ↓ fish-eating bird
  - NT10 ↓ gallinacean
  - NT10 ↓ migratory bird
  - NT10 ↓ necrophagous bird
  - NT10 ↓ nesting bird
  - NT10 ↓ nocturnal bird
  - NT10 ↓ shore bird
  - NT10 ↓ songbird
  - NT10 ↓ wading bird
  - NT10 ↓ waterfowl
- NT9 ↓ fish ►▼
  - NT10 ↓ migratory fish
- NT9 ↓ mammal ►▼
  - NT10 ↓ aquatic mammals ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ marine mammal ►
  - NT10 ↓ artiodactyla ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ ruminant ►
  - NT10 ↓ carnivores ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ canids
    - NT11 ↓ felid
    - NT11 ↓ mustelid
    - NT11 ↓ pinniped
    - NT11 ↓ ursid
  - NT10 ↓ cetaceans ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ whales
  - NT10 ↓ chiropterans ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ bats
  - NT10 ↓ insectivore
  - NT10 ↓ lagomorph
  - NT10 ↓ marsupial
  - NT10 ↓ micromammal
  - NT10 ↓ perissodactyla ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ equine
  - NT10 ↓ plantigrade
  - NT10 ↓ primate ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ man (organism)
  - NT10 ↓ proboscidean
  - NT10 ↓ rodent ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ rats
- NT9 ↓ marine vertebrate
- NT9 ↓ reptilian ►▼
  - NT10 ↓ crocodiles
  - NT10 ↓ squamata ►▼
    - NT11 ↓ lizards
    - NT11 ↓ snakes
  - NT10 ↓ terrapins
  - NT10 ↓ tortoises
  - NT10 ↓ turtles

Italian cordati
Theme organisms

ExactMatch: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/1798

Date of creation

07-Mar-2013

Accepted term

07-Mar-2013

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