真后生动物（学名：Eumetazoa）是指所有具有细胞组织的动物。动物中只有侧生动物和中生动物中的三个门不属于真后生动物。

真后生动物细胞间有连接，就是所谓的"紧密连接"。它们的胚胎最少会发生两个胚层：内胚层和外胚层。只有真后生动物才具有特化的细胞类型如神经细胞。

真后生动物可再分为两侧对称动物和辐射对称动物。后者包括刺胞动物 (Cnidaria)和栉水母动物门 (Ctenophora)。但这种分类并不能反映真实的种系发生。按照亲缘分支分类法，栉水母动物和两侧对称动物有更多的亲缘关系。

Eumetazoa (Greek: εὖ [eu], well + μετά [metá], after + ζῷον [zóon], animal) is a clade comprising all major animal groups except sponges, placozoa, and several other obscure or extinct life forms, such as Dickinsonia. Characteristics of eumetazoans include true tissues organized into germ layers, the presence of neurons, and an embryo that goes through a gastrula stage. The clade is usually held to contain at least Ctenophora, Cnidaria, and Bilateria. Whether mesozoans and placozoans belong is in dispute. Ctenophora now appear basal eumetazoa.