Question

describe a cladogram that would indicate the evolutionary relationships of the four species: African elephants (Loxodonta africana), Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), and dugongs (Dugong dugon). Here is a blank cladogram to help you. Where would you place the species

Answer 1

6 million years.

Step-by-step explanation:

Modern elephants i.e. African elephants, Asian elephants etc and dugongs has evolutionary relationships with woolly mammoths because all these species share a common ancestor that split into separate species about 6 million years ago. Elephants and mammoths diverged into their own separate species due to difference environmental conditions. Dugongs is also considered as more closely related to elephants than whales.