Question

Macropus and Pteropus are are classified in?

• A. Reptilia
• B. Aves
• C. Amphibia
• D. Mammalia

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Mammalia

The correct option is D.

Explanation of correct option

Option D:

1. Mammalia group contains any of a group of vertebrate animals in which the young are fed milk produced by the mother's special mammary glands.
2. Macropus and Pteropus belong to the Mammalia class.
3. They are vertebrates, which means they have backbones.
4. Kangaroos and bats belong to the Macropus and Pteropus genera, respectively.
5. Rats, cats, dogs, deer, monkeys, apes, bats, whales, dolphins, and humans are examples of mammals.

Explanation of incorrect options

Option A:

1. Any member of the Reptilia class, which includes air-breathing vertebrates with internal fertilization, amniotic development, and epidermal scales that cover part or all of their bodies.
2. Turtles (Testudines), snakes and lizards (Lepidosauria), and crocodiles make up the Reptilia Class in our classification.

Option B:

1. Birds belong to the Aves family of endothermic vertebrates.
2. These animals belong to the Chordata phylum and have unique characteristics such as toothless jaws with a beak, hard-shelled eggs, and so on.
3. Aves are warm-blooded creatures with a homeothermic metabolism.
4. Birds can maintain a constant body temperature even when flying at high altitudes because of this.
5. The brains of avengers are more developed than those of reptiles.
6. The cerebrum, cerebellum, and large optic lobes make up their brain. In addition, their nervous system contains 24 cranial nerves.
7. Eg . Sparrows, crows, doves, ducks, pigeons, flamingos, and other Aves-class birds include sparrows, crows, doves, ducks, pigeons, and flamingos.
8. The ostrich is the only bird in the Aves class that does not fly.

Option C:

1. All tetrapods with a larval stage are classified as amphibians, while Lissamphibia is the group that includes the common ancestors of all living amphibians (frogs, salamanders, and caecilians) and all their descendants.
2. These are ectothermic animals that live both on land and in water.
3. Their bodies are divided into head and trunk, and their skin is smooth and rough without scales but with glands that keep it moist.

Final answer: Macropus and Pteropus are classified in Mammalia.