Q. What determines whether two species are in the same genius?
To an evolutionary taxonomist, recent common ancestors determine whether 2 species are in the same genus. Taxonomists use the DNA sequences of species to determine how closely 2 species are related with anatomical similarity.
Q. Do two organisms in the same genus must be in the same order?
for example : if two organisms are in the same ORDER, they must be in the same class, phylum & kingdom. even though the cat & the housefly have the same species group name (domestica), they CAN’T BE the same species because they are not in the same genus, family, order, etc.
Q. Why would two species be classified into the same group?
Explanation: This is the hierarchy of classification. If two species belong to the same class, they also belong to the same taxon higher in the hierarchy. Here, They belong to the same phylum and kingdom.
Q. How do taxonomists use DNA sequences of species to determine how closely two species are related?
Scientists use DNA sequences in classification by comparing the genetic information between two species. If the genetic characters of two species are more similar, they recently shared a common ancestor; hence, they are more closely related.
Q. How can closely related species look different?
Some organisms may be very closely related, even though a minor genetic change caused a major morphological difference to make them look quite different. This usually happens because both organisms developed common adaptations that evolved within similar environmental conditions.
Q. Which is the best evidence that two species have a common ancestor?
Homologous structures
Q. What is is called when two groups of organisms are prevented from exchanging genes?
In peripatric speciation, a subform of allopatric speciation, new species are formed in isolated, smaller peripheral populations that are prevented from exchanging genes with the main population. It is related to the concept of a founder effect, since small populations often undergo bottlenecks.
Q. What animals look the same but are different species?
Scientists have invented a term for species that look alike but have different genes: cryptic biodiversity. Other examples have turned up in birds, snakes, whales, fungi, and flowering plants.
Q. Which animal is always confused?
Rabbits and Hares Rabbits and hares are often confused for one another, so much so that most of us have always assumed that “hare” was just another name for a rabbit. After all, these animals look almost identical -have long ears and hop around. However, rabbits and hares are quite different.
Q. Do animals get confused?
Dec. 4, 2003 — A team of scientists has confirmed what many pet owners think they already know, that some other animals get confused, like humans, and clearly don’t know what’s going on. So far the evidence suggests that some animals, including rats and pigeons, don’t have it. …
Q. What animal looks like a camel?
Everyone knows what a llama looks like, but what are guanacos? Standing less than 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall at the shoulder, guanacos have a slender body, long legs, and a long neck. They are shorter and smaller than their camel relatives. Although they seem delicate, guanacos can weigh up to 265 pounds (120 kilograms).
Q. Is a camel a Lamoid?
Tylopod, any of the pad-footed, even-toed, hoofed mammals of the suborder Tylopoda (order Artiodactyla). This group contains three extinct families and one living family, Camelidae, which contains the camels and the lamoids—the llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña.
Q. Can camels breed with llamas?
A cama is a hybrid between a male dromedary camel and a female llama, and has been produced via artificial insemination at the Camel Reproduction Centre in Dubai.
Q. Are a camel and llama related?
Lama (alpacas, guanacos, and llamas) This South American animal is related to camels and, like camels, they were were domesticated. The llamas native range is the Andes mountains, but they are no longer not found in the wild.
Q. Are giraffes part of the camel family?
Artiodactyl, any member of the mammalian order Artiodactyla, or even-toed ungulates, which includes pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses, camels, chevrotains, deer, giraffes, pronghorn, antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle. …
Q. Did giraffes evolve from Okapi?
Ancestry. The common ancestor of the okapi and giraffe lived about 16 million years ago. This ancestor, known as Canthumeryx, had an elongated neck, according to a 2015 study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Q. What two animals make an okapi?
What is the okapi? Known as the “forest giraffe,” the okapi looks more like a cross between a deer and a zebra.
Q. Can a giraffe mate with a zebra?
is a hybrid between a giraffe and a zebra still appears to be current. Apart from the fact that hybrids between such widely different animals do not occur in nature, the okapi is essentially a giraffe in structure and fully a dozen specimens are known.
Q. What animals are giraffes taller than?
African Bush Elephant Elephants are plenty big and pretty tall, too. Next to the giraffe in terms of height is the elephant, specifically the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana). Males of this species have a shoulder height of 10.5 to 13 feet.
