Which of the following is a connecting animal of reptiles and mammals?
(a) Platypus. (b) Peripatus
(c) Paramecium (d) Platythacium

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Answer is option (A) platypus. They have few mammalian characters such as hair, mammary glands, diapharm whereas it lays eggs with yolk and egg shell similar to reptiles.

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Which of the following is a connecting animal of reptiles and mammals? (a) Platypus. (b) Peripatus (c) Paramecium (d) Platythacium

Answer is option (A) platypus. They have few mammalian characters such as hair, mammary glands, diapharm whereas it lays eggs with yolk and egg shell similar to reptiles.

Which of the following is a connecting animal of reptiles and mammals?
(a) Platypus. (b) Peripatus
(c) Paramecium (d) Platythacium