Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms comprising the biological kingdom Animalia (). With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Animals form a clade, meaning that they arose from a single common ancestor.
Extends: Animals, Kingdoms (biology), [Cryogenian first appearances](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Cryogenian first appearances), [Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus), [Biology terminology](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Biology terminology)
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Animals |
| [Display Parents](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Display Parents) | Text | 8 |
| Taxon | Text | Animalia |
| Authority | Text | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| [Fossil Range](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Fossil Range) | Text | Cryogenian |
| [Image Upright](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Image Upright) | Text | 1.3 |
| [Subdivision Ranks](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Subdivision Ranks) | Text | Major groups |
| Subdivision | Text | Bilateria, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Placozoa, Porifera |
| Synonyms | Text | * Metazoa * Choanoblastaea * Gastrobionta * Zooaea * Euanimalia |