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Which mammals shows polyembryony?

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Sloth
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Kangaroo
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Sorex
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Armadillo
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Solution

The correct option is D Armadillo
Armadillo gives birth to four identical young one from single fertilized egg and thus called as polyembryony. This is the only reliable manifestation of polyembryony in the class Mammalia. Polyembryony also occurs in some plants like citrus plants.

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