Lists of animals are lists concerning members of the Kingdom animalia, primarily taxonomical but also relating to their endangered species status, their geographical location and their portrayal and/or naming in human culture.
The animal Kingdom contains 35 extant phyla. Placozoa and Porifera are in the sub-kingdom Parazoa. The other 33 extant phyla belong to the subkingdom Eumetazoa. Cnidaria and Ctenophora are known as radiata and the other 31 extant phyla are known as bilaterians.