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Classify animats based on the nature of excretory products, giving examples.

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The animals are classified into 3 types depending on the type of nitrogenous waste material excreted by them.

They are:

1. Ammonotelic animals

2. Ureotelic animals

3. Uricotelic animals.

(1) Ammonoteiic animals: are the animals which predominantly excrete their nitrogenous waste material in the form of ammonia.

Examples: Crustaceans, Polychaete annelids, Octopus, Sepia, tadpoles of Amphibians and some teleosts fishes (bony fishes)

(2) Ureotelic animals : are the animals which predominantly excrete their nitrogenous waste material in the form of Urea.

Examples: Eiasmobranchs, Amphibians and Mammals.

(3) Uricotelic animals: are the animals which predominantly excrete their nitrogenous waste material in the form of uric acid Examples: Reptiles and Birds.

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