This concept’s semantic web URI is: [ http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Animal ]

Animal

Unique Tag: [ Animal ]

Aliases: [ Animalia, Animals, Creature, Creatures, Fauna ]
An instance of kingdom, and a specialization of organism. Instances of animal are typically motile, living, whole organisms; they are instances of heterotroph (q.v.), and thus incapable of performing instances of photosynthesis. Animal cells contain cholesterol and lack cell walls made of cellulose.
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