Question

Animals have shorter and smaller extremities in colder areas. This is an example of

• A. Allen’s law
• B. Cope’s law
• C. Dollo’s law
• D. Bergmann’s law

Answer 1

The correct option is A Allen’s law

The principle states that in a warm-blooded animal species that have distinct geographic populations, the limbs, ears, and other appendages of the animals living in cold climates tend to be shorter than in animals of the same species living in warm climates.