african elephants
2007-03-27 10:20:10 · 6 answers · asked by rozlln 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It has a backbone, right?
So, it's a vertebrate.
Invertebrates are animals that have no backbones: shellfish, insects, worms, things like that there.
2007-03-27 10:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A vertebrae (as you spelled it) is one of the bony segments of the spinal column.
An invertebrae (as you spelled it) does not exist.
I think you meant to ask if an African elephant is a vertebrate or invertebrate. In that case, the answer (as others have already pointed out) is vertebrate. Vertebrate animals are defined as having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium (in simplier terms, they have a backbone).
Invertebrates are things like insects, spiders, crustaceans, worms, squid, jellyfish, starfish, etc.
2007-03-27 17:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by human 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A vertebrae, of course! Vertabrae means it has a spinal structure. If it was invertabrae, it would be like a huge jellyfish!
2007-03-27 17:23:58 · answer #3 · answered by Shant J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Backbone=virtebrate! Good luck :)
2007-03-27 17:39:59 · answer #4 · answered by Lizzee F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW...are you 3...I hope your 3 otherwise there is no hope for this world.
2007-03-27 17:59:29 · answer #5 · answered by pathc22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you joking?
2007-03-27 17:33:55 · answer #6 · answered by pobrecita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋