Which one of the following pairs of animals are similar to each other pertaining to the feature stated against them?
- Pteropus and Ornithorhynchus – Viviparity
- Garden lizard and crocodile – Three chambered heart
- Ascaris and Ancylostoma – Metameric segmentation
- Sea horse and flying fish – Cold blooded (poikilothermal)
Answer
(4) Sea horse and flying fish – Cold blooded (poikilothermal)
Solution
(1) Pteropus (flying fox) is viviparous, but Ornithorhynchus (platypus) is an egg-laying (oviparous) mammal.
(2) Garden lizard has a three chambered heart, but crocodile has a four chambered heart.
(3) Ascaris and Ancylostoma are aschelminthes (roundworms); they are not metamerically segmented.
(4) Sea horse ( Hippocampus) and flying fish ( Exocoetus) are bony fishes; as per NCERT, they are cold-blooded (poikilothermous). ⇒ Similar.
Answer: (4)