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<noinclude>{{subpages}}</noinclude> {{taxobox | color = pink | name = Animals | image = Grey_Nurse_Shark.jpg | image_caption = This grey nurse shark (''[[Carcharias taurus]]'') and the smaller [[fish]] surrounding it are animals. | domain = [[Neomura]] | subdomain = [[Eukarya]] | infradomain = [[Unikonta]] | regnum = [[Opisthokonta]] | subregnum = '''Metazoa''' | subdivision_ranks = Phyla | subdivision = *[[Calcarea]] *[[Silicarea]] '''''Infrakingdom [[Eumetazoa]]''''' *[[Placozoa]] *[[Orthonectida]] *[[Rhombozoa]] *[[Ctenophora]] *[[Cnidaria]] *'''''[[Bilateria]] (unranked)''''' **[[Acoelomorpha]] **[[Myxozoa]] **[[Chaetognatha]] **'''Superphylum [[Deuterostome|Deuterostomia]]''' ***[[Chordate|Chordata]] ***[[Hemichordata]] ***[[Echinoderm]]ata ***[[Xenoturbellida]] ***[[Vetulicolia]] [[extinction|†]] **'''Superphylum [[Ecdysozoa]]''' ***[[Kinorhyncha]] ***[[Loricifera]] ***[[Priapulida]] ***[[Nematoda]] ***[[Nematomorpha]] ***[[Lobopodia]] [[extinction|†]] ***[[Onychophora]] ***[[Tardigrada]] ***[[Arthropoda]] **'''Superphylum [[Platyzoa]]''' ***[[Platyhelminthes]] ***[[Gastrotricha]] ***[[Rotifera]] ***[[Acanthocephala]] ***[[Gnathostomulida]] ***[[Micrognathozoa]] ***[[Cycliophora]] **'''Superphylum [[Lophotrochozoa]]''' ***[[Sipuncula]] ***[[Hyolitha]] [[extinction|†]] ***[[Nemertea]] ***[[Phoronida]] ***[[Ectoprocta]] ***[[Bryozoa]] ***[[Entoprocta]] ***[[Brachiopoda]] ***[[Mollusca]] ***[[Annelida]] ***[[Echiura]] }} <onlyinclude><includeonly>{{Image|Grey_Nurse_Shark.jpg|right|150 px|This grey nurse shark (''[[Carcharias taurus]]'') and the smaller [[fish]] surrounding it are [[animals]].}}</includeonly> '''[[Animal]]s''' (from the Latin ''animale'' and ''animalis'', meaning "living", in turn from ''anima'', meaning "vital breath", or "soul") are those [[organism]]s classified into the [[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]] '''[[Animalia]]'''. Together they make up a wide segment of [[life]]—[[biologist]]s estimate their [[species]] to number many millions—and include an incredibly [[biodiversity|diverse array]] of both familiar and strange creatures, ranging from [[hawk]]s to [[human]]s and from [[sea slug]]s to [[spider]]s. Nonetheless, they all share certain characteristics: all animals are [[multicellularity|multicellular]] [[eukaryote]]s, [[heterotrophism|ingest their food]], and [[locomotion|move]] by their own power at some point in their [[life cycle]]. Animals are essential [[consumer]]s in many [[ecosystem]]s and many are also important in [[human]] [[society|societies]] and [[economy|economies]].

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