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Question
CBSEENBI11025765

Ornithorhynchus is a connecting link between

  • fishes and amphibians

  • Annelida and Arthropoda

  • Annelida and Mollusca

  • reptiles and mammals

Solution

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reptiles and mammals

Ornithorhynchus is a connecting link between reptiles and mammals. They bear hair and mammary glands (like-mammals), but also possess some of the reptilian characteristics such as egg laying, presence of cloaca and some skeletal similarities.