Difference between Reptilia and Aves
Difference between Reptilia and Aves are in tabular form below –
No. | Reptilia | Aves |
1. | Organisms or vertebrates which are cold-blooded and have scales on their body, and are air-breathing vertebrates, this is referred to as Reptilia. | Organisms which have feathers, light-weight bones, forelimbs are modified as wings and have four-chambered heart, this is referred to as Aves. |
2. | Organisms of Reptilia are terrestrial and cold-blooded animals. | Organisms of Aves are arboreal and warm-blooded animals. |
3. | The heart of animals is three-chambered. | The Heart of animals is Four-chambered. |
4. | Limbs are present in the animals of Reptilia, but are absent in snakes. | Both wings and limbs are present in the organisms of Aves. |
5. | Exoskeleton of these animals is dry and scaly. | Exoskeleton of these organisms have feathers and claws. |
6. | The animals of Reptilia have three-chambered heart. | The animals of Reptilia have four-chambered heart. |
7. | Teeth are present in some animals of Reptilia and feathers are absent in the animals of Reptilia. | Teeth are modified into beak and feathers are present in the animals of Aves. |