I read a couple of questions and answers that are related to mine, but I could not find any answer to my specific question.
The first human being was formed from the dust of the ground; this became the body of the human. Then afterwards became a living being/existence (nefesh chayah) after HaShem breathed in his nostrils the nishmat chayim.
But how were the other living beings/existences (nefesh chayah) - animals - formed (according to my comment below from the same dust of the earth) and were or how did they became living beings (were did they got there 'breath of life (nishmat chayim)' if G-d did not breathed it in their nostrils)?