Biology Final Project
Dichotomous Key
100 points
Assignment:
Create a dichotomous key covering all the required categories of animals.
Requirements:
o Key must be typed or written VERY nicely and presented in booklet format
o Key must be organized and neat with correct spelling
o Key must be easy to read and follow
o A picture and complete description must be included for each terminal animal category
o The following terminal categories of animals must be included in the key
o Fishes
Jawless fish
• Hagfish
• Lamprey
Cartilaginous fish
• Sharks
• Skates and rays
Bony fish
• Ray-finned fish
• Lobe-finned fish
o Amphibians
Frogs and toads
Salamanders and newts
Caecilians
o Reptiles
Lizards and snakes
Turtles
Crocodiles and alligators
Tuataras
o Birds
Passeriformes (perching birds)
Piciformes (cavity-nesters)
Ciconiiformes (wading birds)
Procellariiformes (marine birds)
Sphenisciformes (penguins)
Strigiformes (owls)
Struthioniformes (flightless birds)
Anseriformes (waterfowl)
o Mammals
Monotremes
Marsupials
Placental mammals
• Insectivore
• Chiroptera
• Primates
• Xenarthra
• Rodentia
• Lagomorpha
• Carnivora
• Proboscidea
• Sirenia
• Perissodactyla
• Artiodactyla
• Cetacea
