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THEORY Phylum hemichordata and chordata: General characteristics Fishes: superclass agnatha (classification up to class levels), super class gnathostomata (classification up to class levels), locomotion, nutrition and digestive system, circulation and gas exchange, swim bladder and lungs, buoyancy regulation, nervous and sensory functions, excretion and osmoregulation, reproduction and development Amphibians: order caudata, order gymnophora, order anura, external structure and locomotion, support and movement, nutrition and digestive system, circulation, gas exchange, temperature regulation, nervous and sensory functions, excretion and osmoregulation, reproduction, development, metamorphosis Reptiles: order chelonia, order rhynchocephala, order squamata, order crocodilia, external structure and locomotion, support and movement, nutrition and digestive system, circulation, gas exchange, temperature regulation, nervous and sensory functions, excretion and osmoregulation, reproduction, development Birds: external structure and locomotion, skeleton, muscles, flight, nutrition and digestive system, circulation, gas exchange, temperature regulation, nervous and sensory functions, excretion and osmoregulation, reproduction, development, nesting activities, migration and navigation Mammals: classification up to subclass level, external structure and locomotion, skull and teeth, skeleton, nutrition and digestive system, circulation, gas exchange, temperature regulation, nervous and sensory functions, excretion and osmoregulation, reproduction, development, reproductive cycles, modes of development PRACTICALS 1. Study of representatives of fishes 2. Study of representatives of amphibians 3. Study of representatives of reptiles 4. Study of representatives of birds 5. Study of representatives of mammals