Q1)Explain how each of the following organism provides proof of evolution. a)Duckbilled platypus b)Lung fish c)Peripatus
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1.The platypus, sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative of its family and genus, though a number of related species appear in the fossil record.
Scientific name: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Family: Ornithorhynchidae
Lifespan: 17 years (In captivity)
Phylum: Chordata
2.Lungfish, (subclass Dipnoi), any member of a group of six species of living air-breathing fishes and several extinct relatives belonging to the class Sarcopterygii and characterized by the possession of either one or two lungs.
Scientific name: Dipnoi
Phylum: Chordata
Higher classification: Lobe-finned fish
Rank: Subclass
Subclass: Dipnoi; J. P. Müller, 1844
Kingdom: Animalia
3.Peripatus is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatidae family. The name "peripatus" is also used to refer to the Onychophora as a whole, although this group comprises many other genera besides Peripatus. The genus Peripatus is found in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Scientific name: Peripatus
Phylum: Onychophora
Higher classification: Peripatidae
Rank: Genus
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