Chordates, members of the phylum Chordata, are deuterostome animals possessing a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail for at least some period of their life cycles. Taxonomically, the phylum includes the subphyla Vertebrata, including mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds; Tunicata, including salps and sea squirts; and Cephalochordata, comprising the lancelets.
The phylum Hemichordata including the acorn worms has been presented as a fourth chordate subphylum, but it now is usually treated as a separate phylum. It, along with the echinoderm phylum, including starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers and their kin, are the chordates' closest relatives. Primitive chordates are known from at least as early as the Cambrian explosion.
There are more than 75,000 living species of chordates, about half of which are bony fish of the class osteichthyes. The world's largest animal, the blue whale, and fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, are chordates.
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- Aardvark
- Abelisaurus
- Aboleth
- Ache
- Achernonian
- Acid Lizard
- Adocus beatus
- Aeronite
- Afanc (Dungeons & Dragons)
- African Golden Cat
- Ahool
- Air Cheep
- Akantor
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- Alice
- Alomomola
- Alphadon
- American Lion
- Ancient Wyvern (Enroth)
- Ape (Final Fantasy Adventure)
- Apeis stupidius
- Aquafly
- Aquatican
- Arabic: Julto
- Arbok
- Archaeotherium
- Arctic Hare
- Arctic Spinosaurus
- Arctic Tyrannosaurus
- Argonian
- Arkadai
- Arrowtail Deeno
- Artott
- Astrodon
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- Avin
- Baby Blizzard Bear
- Bagnadrana
- Baird's Tapir
- Bald Eagle
- Bali Myna
- Balrog
- Bar-Lgura
- Bas
- Bat (spear of destiny)
- Battletoad
- Baweng Satanic Leaf Gecko
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- Bigfoot
- Birthday Girl
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- Blood Thrasher
- Blurp
- Bog Perch (Torchlight)
- Bog-Rat
- Bone Hawk
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- Brazilian Gracile Opossum
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- Bruxish
- Bub (Cheep Cheep species)
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- Bulette
- Bullywug
- Burmecian
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- Care Bear
- Cathay (Khajiit)
- Cenaspis aenigma
- Chao
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- Chimer
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- Cleric Beast
- Clouded Leopard
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- Cougar
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- Creature of Metepec
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- Cursed Spume
- Cutesaurus
- Cyberdemon
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- Dark Elf (Elder Scrolls)
- Dark Elf (Final Fantasy)
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- Giant Panda
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- Gnoll (Heroes of Might and Magic III)
- Gnoll (Warcraft)
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- Guardian (Breath of Fire)
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