1.General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class.

2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

• Chordata
• Three main chordate character- Pharyngeal gill slits, dorsal nerve chord and notochord
• Protochordates:-
• (i)Sub Phylum Hemichordata- Balanoglossus (Digestive system and development), Tornaria larva
• (ii) Sub Phylum Urochordata- Ascidian(Digestive system and Nervous and Sensory System)-Retrogressive metamorphosis

1.General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class.

2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

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• (iii) Sub Phylum Cephalochordata –Amphioxus (Digestive system, Excretory system)
• (iv)Sub Phylum: Vertebrata
• Agnatha:-
• Ostracoderms( a brief description)
• Salient features:
• Petromyzon (Ammocoete larva)

1.General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class.

2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

●        Gnathostomata

●        Class Pisces

●        Scoliodon: General Characteristics

●        Difference between Osteichthyes & Chondrichthyes

●        Dipnoi

●        Adaptive radiation in Fishes

Economic importance of Fishes

1.General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class.

2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

Class Amphibia

• Classification upto orders
• Neoteny
• Adaptive radiation in Amphibia

Class Reptilia

• Difference between snake and lizard, crocodile and alligator,Gharial, turtle and tortoise
• Venomous and non Venomous snakes
• Poison apparatus

1.General characters and Classification of the Vertebrates upto order for each Class.

2.Salient feature of the Type Study i.e. Habit, Habitat and External Morphology

Class Aves

• Feather and its Development
• Flight adaptation
• Perching mechanism

Class Mammals

• Dentition in mammals
• Hair and its development