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Questions Related to aves and mammalia

In which order, will you place Gorilla?

zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) aves and mammalia classifications of chordata aves

  1. Carnivora

  2. Diptera

  3. Sapindales

  4. Primata

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Gorillas are ground-dwelling, herbivorous apes, they are the largest living primates, which are mammalian animals.

So, the correct option is 'Primata'.

Scaly anteater is

zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) aves and mammalia classifications of chordata aves

  1. Eutherian

  2. Metatherian

  3. Prototherian

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

(A) Eutherian are mammalian clade consisting of Cretaceous. For example-Scaly anteater.

(B) Metatherian are the mammalian clade consisting of classes close to marsupials.
(C) Prototherians are the mammalian clade consisting of egg-laying monotremes.
So, the answer is 'Eutherians'.

Opossum belongs to

zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) aves and mammalia classifications of chordata aves

  1. Prototheria

  2. Metatheria

  3. Edentata

  4. Pholidota

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Opossum is the largest order of marsupials in West hemisphere containing 103 species. Metatherials are the mammalian clade that include all mammals closely related to marsupials.

So, the correct answer is 'Metatheria'.

Presence of fins and gills is a characteristic feature of:

zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) aves and mammalia classifications of chordata aves

  1. reptiles

  2. mammals

  3. amphibians

  4. fishes

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fishes have fins and gills which help them swim and breathe in water.

So the correct option is D.

Order primate contains

zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) aves and mammalia classifications of chordata aves

  1. Shrew and Hedge Hog

  2. Bats and Vampires

  3. Monkey and Man

  4. Horse and Zebra

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Order Primate contains Monkey and Man.

Shrew and Hedgehog belong to the order Eulipotyphla.
Horses and Zebra belong to the order Perissodactyla.
Bat and Vampire belong to the order Chiroptera.
So the correct answer is 'Monkey and Man'.

The scrotum is absent in organisms belonging to which infraclass of class mammalia?

zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) aves and mammalia classifications of chordata aves

  1. Eutheria

  2. Metatheria

  3. Prototheria

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A. Eutherians are called placental mammals, in which the mothers carry their unborn.

  • In them, the scrotum is present behind the penis.
B. Metatherians are also called marsupials or pouched mammals, the young are born immature and for further development takes place in mothers pouch. in the mother's pouch. 
  • In them, the scrotum is present in front of the penis.
C. Prototherians are called egg-laying mammals.

  • In them scrotum is absent.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Prototheria'.