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Which of the following is a connecting link between mammals and reptiles?

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Peripatus
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Balanoglossus
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Ornithorhyncus
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Archaeopteryx
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Solution

The correct option is C Ornithorhyncus
Ornithorhyncus is a primitive mammal. It lays egg like reptiles but the young ones are nursed on milk produced in female animals body. Peripatus is a connecting link between arthropods and worms. Archaeopteryx is a connecting link between birds and reptiles. Balanoglossus are marine burrowing worms previously classified as Chordates but are now kept in a separate phylum Hemichordata.

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