The vast majority of wildlife species are covered by our 18 categories. Interestingly some common species are not covered – these include: Amoeba, Bacteria, Centipedes & Millipedes, Hornworts & Liverworts, Sea Spiders, Sea Squirts and Springtails
We also have many creatures (& plants) in England which are neither wild nor native ~ they have been introduced to this country through the ages
England’s ‘introduced’ creatures (& plants) _
Wild England teasers!
1. Why have we put 1st to 18th in brackets after our main wildlife categories shown here?
Algae (1st), Amphibians (15th), Arachnids (9th), Birds (18th), Cnidarians (4th), Crustaceans (8th), Echinoderms (12th) , Fish (13th), Fungi (2nd), Insects (10th), Lichens (11th), Mammals (17th), Molluscs (7th), Mosses (6th), Reptiles (16th), Sponges (3rd), Vascular Plants (14th), Worms (5th)
2. Wildlife is often described in terms of classification groups ~ our 18 main wildlife categories include 6 animal classes, 1 animal superclass, 1 animal multi-class, 4 animal phyla, 1 animal multi-phylum, 1 plant division, 1 plant subkingdom, 1 wildlife kingdom + 2 wildlife multi-kingdoms ~ Do you know which is which?
3. How many wildlife kingdoms are there?