Question

A scientist discovers a new organism that has paired legs and mammary glands. The offspring of this organism develop within the uterus of the female and are connected to the uterine wall by a placenta during fetal stages. On the cladogram below, select the species to which the newly discovered organism is most closely related.

Answer 1

the newly discovered organism is most closely related to the rhesus monkey due to a similarity in their physical features characteristics.

Answer 2

The correct answer would be rhesus monkey.

Step-by-step explanation:

The newly discovered organism has four legs, mammary gland, and placenta. According to cladogram paired legs are at started just before the bull dog, mammary glands developed before koala and placenta just before rhesus monkey. So, the only animal with all these three characters to the newly discovered organism is rhesus monkey.

Thus, the correct answer is the rhesus monkey.