Animalia

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregna: Eumetazoa - Parazoa - incertae sedis

Overview of Recent phyla

Acanthocephala - Acoela - Annelida - Arthropoda - Brachiopoda - Bryozoa - Chaetognatha - Chordata - Cnidaria - Ctenophora - Cycliophora - Dicyemida - Echinodermata - Echiura - Entoprocta - Gastrotricha - Gnathostomulida - Hemichordata - Kinorhyncha - Loricifera - Micrognathozoa - Mollusca - Monoblastozoa - Myxozoa - Myzostomida - Nematoda - Nematomorpha - Nemertea - Nemertodermatida - Onychophora - Orthonectida - Phoronida - Placozoa - Platyhelminthes - Porifera - Priapulida - Rotifera - Sipuncula - Tardigrada - Xenoturbellida

Name

Animalia Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Metazoa

References

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Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Diere
Alemannisch: Tierer
aragonés: Animals
العربية: حيوان
asturianu: Animal
беларуская: Жывёлы
български: Животни
bamanankan: Bagan
brezhoneg: Loen
bosanski: Životinje
català: Animal
Tsetsêhestâhese: Hova
corsu: Animali
čeština: Živočichové
Cymraeg: Anifail
dansk: Dyr
Deutsch: Tiere
Ελληνικά: Ζώα
English: animals
Esperanto: Animalo
español: Animales
eesti: Loomad
euskara: Animaliak
فارسی: جانوران
suomi: Eläinkunta
føroyskt: Djór
arpetan: Animâl
français: Animaux
Frysk: Dier
Gaeilge: Ainmhí
Gàidhlig: Beathach
galego: Animais
עברית: בעלי חיים
hrvatski: Životinje
magyar: Állatok
հայերեն: Կենդանիներ
interlingua: Animales
Bahasa Indonesia: Hewan
Ido: Animalo
íslenska: Dýr
italiano: Animali
日本語: 動物界
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಪ್ರಾಣಿ
한국어: 동물계
kurdî: Ajal
kernowek: Enyval
Latina: Animalia
Lëtzebuergesch: Déiereräich
Limburgs: Diere
lietuvių: Gyvūnai
latviešu: Dzīvnieki
македонски: Животни
मराठी: प्राणी
Bahasa Melayu: Haiwan
مازِرونی: جانورون
Nāhuatl: Yōlcatl
Plattdüütsch: Beester
Nederlands: Dieren
norsk nynorsk: Dyr
norsk: Dyr
Nouormand: Animâ
occitan: Animals
Kapampangan: Animal
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਜਾਨਵਰ
polski: Zwierzęta
português: Animais/Metazoários
Runa Simi: Uywa
română: Animale
русский: Животные
sicilianu: Armali
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Životinje
slovenčina: Živočíchy
slovenščina: Živali
српски / srpski: Животиња
Sunda: Sato
svenska: Djur
தமிழ்: விலங்கு
ไทย: สัตว์
Türkçe: Hayvanlar
українська: Тварини
اردو: جانور
Tiếng Việt: Động vật
West-Vlams: Bêeste
ייִדיש: בעלי־חיים
中文: 動物界