ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS

Fuchsia City, a vibrant city located in the Kanto region, not only celebrates the bustling urban environment but also emphasizes the importance of animal preservation. With a deep appreciation for the diverse wildlife that surrounds them, the residents of Fuchsia City actively engage in practices that contribute to the preservation and understanding of fauna. Animal preservation is a shared responsibility in this city and a way to foster a harmonious coexistence with the natural world. Visitors to Fuchsia City can immerse themselves in the city's dedication to animal preservation, learning from its residents and experiencing firsthand the profound respect and admiration they hold for the diverse animal kingdom.

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CLASS: AMPHIBIA

The Amphibia class refers to having a dual life cycle which means life on water and life on land. The animals under amphibia class are called Amphibians. Amphibians are mostly small animals characterized by smooth, moist, glandular skins, and without scales externally. They are a diverse group of vertebrates that are the first cold-blooded animals to appear on land, which means that their body temperature varies with their environment. This includes frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians. Amphibians are significant in nutrient cycling and serve as indicators for environmental health. As of July 8, 2023, there are 8,654 amphibian species.

CLASS: AVES

The Aves class is commonly known as Birds which has more than 10,400 living species. Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates which are characterized by feathers, wings, and toothless horny beaks that are modified for their ability to fly and to have active metabolism. Birds share common ancestors that evolved through time. Some birds lost their ability to fly because of evolution, but their ancestors did. Birds have four chambered hearts, strong but lightweight skeletons and lay hard shelled eggs. Birds have an incredible diversity in terms of size, shapes, coloration, behavior, and habitat but they have in common when it comes to courtship, parental care, nest building, and territorial behavior. Birds play an important role for pollination, insect control, nutrient cycling, and seed disposal.

CLASS: BIVALVIA

The Bivalvia class is known as Bivalve which includes 15,000 species of clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and other members of phylum Mollusca. Bivalves are characterized by having a shell divided into front and back with left and right valves. They live throughout the world’s oceans and freshwaters where their ecological niche is to become a food source for other organisms as well as their capability for their natural water filtering. Bivalves tend to swim through their mantle cavity for them to force water movement, dig into the sand, or attach to objects with their sticky string names as byssal threads. Bivalves are rich in fossil records that showcase evolutionary history.

CLASS: CEPHALOPODA

The Cephalopoda class is known as Cephalopod which is a small group of diverse marine animals that includes squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, and nautiluses. Cephalopods are considered the most advanced and organized among invertebrates in marine animals. They are the largest of all mollusks and possess the most mobility. Cephalopods are characterized by having suckered tentacles, camera-like eyes, color-changing skin or camouflage, and with intricate learning behavior. All cephalopods are carnivorous which means they are active predators that use their powerful beaks to consume prey. Through their complex nervous system, they develop great cognitive and sensory abilities and problem solving skills. They live in shallow coastal water to deep sea. These intelligent invertebrates develop strategies in hunting prey such as ambush and cooperative hunting. Cephalopods are vital for marine ecosystems, as well as food sources for animals and humans.

CLASS: DIPLOPODA

The Diplopoda class is known as Millipedes which has approximately 10,000 species live in. Similar to centipedes, millipedes are also made up of long numerous segments wherein the first four thoracic segments bear a single pair of legs while in the abdominal part segments have two pairs. Aside from body segmentation, Millipedes are characterized by defensive secretions, herbivorous diet or scavenger, and have nocturnal lifestyle. They do not bite, rather they make a defensive roll and secrete poisonous and foul-smelling substances to discourage predators. The ecological niche of Millipedes are decomposers of decaying plants and animals in moist environments important for nutrient cycling in the forest ecosystems.

CLASS: EUCHELICERATA

The Euchelicerata class is known as Euchelicerates under the phylum Arthropoda which includes spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, ticks, and other organisms that are related. Animals under euchelicerata are characterized by having chelicerae, which are known as fangs or pincers used for feeding and defense mechanisms, two part body composed of thorax and abdomen. Euchelicerata do not possess antennae rather they have book gills or book lungs used for respiration. They inhabit terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. Euchelicerata are vital in the environment as they play the roles of predators, scavengers, and detritivores that contribute to nutrient cycling and ecosystem equilibrium.

CLASS: GASTROPODA

The Gastropoda class is commonly known as Gastropods that includes snails and slugs. They are considered the most common molluscs that inhabit both aquatic and terrestrial environments. Gastropods are characterized by their muscular foot, eyes, and tentacles. They also have a special rasp-like feeding organ known as radula which are the various tiny teeth. Some have coiled and conical shells but have been reduced in some species or vanished entirely in slugs. They also have torsion responsible for their asymmetrical structure. Aside from its structure, Gastropods have completely developed sensory organs which the tips of the tentacles can detect light and motion. Some gastropods have chemoreceptors to detect chemical signals from the environment. Gastropods play an important role as decomposers and scavengers.

CLASS: INSECTA

The Insecta class referred to as Insects which covered the majority of the species of animals on earth having one million named species with several unknown ones. Insects can be found in almost all kinds of environments that are either terrestrial and freshwater habitats or even in arctic waste. Insects are diverse and show variations in terms of shapes and forms but what limits this class is having huge body size. Insects are characterized by having three body segments which are head, thorax, and abdomen. They have six legs, wings, and undergo metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is their process to develop and transform from larval stages to adult stage. Insects have different mouth structures that suit their eating habits. They possess an exoskeleton that provides strong support, and protection for their muscles. Insects are significant in our environment as they serve as pollinators, decomposers, predators as well as food source to other organisms.

CLASS: MALACOSTRACA

The Malacostraca class commonly known as Malacostracan, is a diverse class of invertebrates that includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and krills. Malastracan is widely distributed in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments and there are 25,000 known species. Malacostracan constitute more than two-thirds of all living crustacean species and they possess great diversity in terms of sizes and forms. Malacostracans are characterized by body segmentation having head, thorax, and abdomen similar to insects. Also, they have a hard and calcified exoskeleton that serves as a protective shield for their internal organs. Malacostracans are vital in the environment as they serve as predators, scavengers, filter feeders, as well as food source to other organisms.

CLASS: MAMMALIA

The Mammalia class commonly known as Mammals are diverse vertebrate animals that have 5,000 known species that vary in forms and habits. Mammals are known as endothermic which regulates their body temperature internally. Mammals are characterized by having hair or fur, diaphragm, well-developed brains, and specialized teeth. Out of all classes, Mammals have the capability to produce milk through a modified sweat gland known as mammary glands. Mammals are known as highly adaptable animals as they can live in various habitats which are terrestrial, marine, and freshwater. Mammals play an important role in nurturing biodiversity, nutrient cycling, and all kinds of eating habits or lifestyles which are herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.

CLASS: REPTILIA

The Reptilia class commonly known as Reptiles which are known as the air-breathing vertebrates. Reptiles include turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles. These reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates which means it relies mostly on external temperature to regulate their body temperature. Reptiles have 8,700 species that are characterized by their scales, lungs, tetrapod limbs, amniotic eggs, and differentiated teeth. They lived in various habitats such as deserts, forests, grasslands, and aquatic environments. Reptiles are significant in our ecosystem as they serve as predators, prey, seed dispersers, and ecosystem engineers.

CLASS: TELEOSTEI

The Teleostei class is also known as Teleosts which are a wide and diverse group of ray finned fishes. It encompasses most of the commercial fishes as well as lesser known ones which comprises up to 30,000 species. They live in all kinds of aquatic environments from deep sea to shallow coastal areas and freshwater. Teleosts are characterized by their ray-finned skeleton, swim bladder, homocercal tail, highly mobile jaws, and operculum which protects their gills for water circulation for respiration. Also, Teleosts differ in reproduction, some are oviparous while some are viviparous. Overall, teleosts show variations in terms of size, shape, coloration, and behavior. Teleosts are important in the environment as they are the main food source to other organisms and humans that help maintain equilibrium in aquatic ecosystems.