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Higher animals (implies that some animals are superior to others and have superior claim to rights) Mammals, vertebrates (a physiological classification, not a value judgment) [Examples] 
Gorillas are one of the higher animals which eat a vegetarian or largely vegetarian diet. Gorillas are one of the vertebrates who eat a vegetarian or largely vegetarian diet.
World Vegetarian Congress, 2004 - Animal-Friendly Language: How to Speak Vegetarian
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