Question

Development of similar habits in pouched and placental mammals found in similar habitats is called

• A. Divergent evolution
• B. Convergent evolution
• C. Adaptive radiation
• D. Macroevolution

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Convergent evolution

Rodents like the flying squirrel are all the more firmly identified with primates or some other placental mammal than they are to the sugar lightweight flyer, which is a marsupial. These creatures are a case of convergent evolution. Predecessors of present-day marsupials presumably split from those of current placental warm-blooded animals in the mid-Jurassic timeframe, back when Stegosaurus Allosaurus still meandered the Earth.

So, the correct option is 'Convergent evolution'.