Animal Kingdom Question 118

118. Which of the following represents the correct combination without any exception?

[2015 RS]

Characteristics Class
(a) Mouth ventral, gills without
operculum; skin with placoid
scales; persistent notochord
Chondrichthyes
(b) Sucking and circular mouth;
jaws absent, integument without
scales; paired appendages
Cyclostomata
(c) Body covered with feathers;
skin moist and glandular;
fore-limbs form wings; lungs
with air sacs
Aves
(d) Mammary gland; hair on body;
pinnae; two pairs of Limbs
Mammalia
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Answer : a

Hints & Solutions

(a) (i) Aves possess dry skin, without glands except oil gland near the base of tail.

(ii) Pinnae are not found in aquatic animals and egg laying mammals.

(iii) In cyclostomes, unpaired appendages (joints) are found.



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