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Animals

Medical Definition:	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain Eukarya.
Guide Notes:	NIM as check tag; Manual 18.7+, 22.33; relation to /vet: Manual 19.8.81

Animals Categories.

	Animal Population Groups - Animals grouped according to ecological, morphological or genetic populations.
	Chordata - Phylum in the domain Eukarya, comprised of animals either with fully developed backbones (VERTEBRATES), or those with notochords only during some developmental stage (CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE).
	Invertebrates - Animals that have no spinal column.

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