What is Animal?
{{dablink|''For the album, see'' [[Animals (album)|Animals ''(album)'']].}} {{automatic taxobox | name = Animalia | display_parents = 5 | taxon = Animalia | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] | fossil_range = [[Cryogenian]] – [[Holocene|Present]] <br/>fossil range 670{{ndash}}0 mya | image = <imagemap> File:Animal diversity.png |250px rect 0 0 118 86 [[Starfish]] rect 0 86 118 172 [[Cnidaria]] rect 0 172 118 258 [[Bivalve]] rect 0 258 118 344 [[Tardigrade]] rect 0 344 118 430 [[Malacostraca]] rect 0 430 118 516 [[Arachnid]] rect 118 0 236 86 [[Sponge]] rect 118 86 236 172 [[Arthropod]] rect 118 172 236 258 [[Mammal]] rect 118 258 236 344 [[Bryozoa]] rect 118 344 236 430 [[Acanthocephala]] rect 118 430 236 620 [[Flatworm]] rect 236 0 354 86 [[Cephalopod]] rect 236 86 354 172 [[Annelid]] rect 236 172 354 258 [[Tunicate]] rect 236 258 354 344 [[Fish]] rect 236 344 354 430 [[Bird]] rect 236 430 354 620 [[Phoronida]] </imagemap> | image_upright = 1.4 | subdivision_ranks = [[Phylum|Phyla]] | subdivision = {{Collapse top|title=List of animal phyla|left=yes|padding=0|border=0|border2=0|bg=clear|bg2=clear}} * [[Porifera]] * ''Subkingdom [[Eumetazoa]]'' ** [[Ctenophora]] ** [[Placozoa]] ** [[Cnidaria]] ** [[extinction|†]][[Trilobozoa]] ** ''[[Bilateria]] (unranked)'' *** [[Xenacoelomorpha]] *** †[[Proarticulata]] *** ''[[Nephrozoa]] (unranked)'' **** ''Superphylum [[Deuterostomia]]'' ***** [[Echinoderm]]ata ***** [[Hemichordata]] ***** [[Chordata]] **** ''[[Protostomia]] (unranked)'' ***** ''Superphylum [[Ecdysozoa]]'' ****** [[Nematoda]] ****** [[Nematomorpha]] ****** [[Kinorhyncha]] ****** [[Loricifera]] ****** [[Priapulida]] ****** [[Onychophora]] ****** [[Arthropoda]] ****** [[Tardigrada]] ***** ''[[Spiralia]] (unranked)'' ****** ''[[Gnathifera (clade)|Gnathifera]] (unranked)'' ******* [[Gnathostomulida]] ******* [[Chaetognatha]] ******* [[Rotifera]]<!--=Syndermata--><!--inc. Acanthocephala--> ****** ''[[Mesozoa]] (unranked)'' ******* [[Dicyemida]] ******* [[Monoblastozo