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Can anyone please help me fill in my cladogram diagram

Can anyone please help me fill in my cladogram diagram-example-1
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The cladogram uses lines to link different groups of organisms by common ancestor. The question gives a table with 5 species and the common traits between them. First we should with down the information of the table.

Species V - trait 1, trait 3, trait 4, trait 5, trait 6;

Species W - trait 1, trait 4, trait 5, trait 6, trait 7;

Species X - trait 1, trait 8;

Species Y - trait 1, trait 2, trait 4, trait 5, trait 7;

Species Z - trait 1, trait 4, trait 5, trait 6.

From the most distant species (by traits in common) to the closest ones, we have:

Species X - Species W - Species Y - Species V - Species Z

Can anyone please help me fill in my cladogram diagram-example-1
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