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Marsupials, such as kangaroos, koalas, and wombats, are mammals that care for their newborn young in a pouch. All

marsupials that are found in Australia are thought to have evolved from a single species that migrated to the island and the
adapted to the various niches. What does this example illustrate?
O behavioral adaptation
O adaptive radiation
O geographic isolation
O population explosion

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Marsupials, such as kangaroos, koalas, and wombats, are mammals that care for their newborn young in a pouch. All marsupials that are found in Australia are thought to have evolved from a single species that migrated to the island and then adapted to the various niches. What does this example illustrate?

behavioral adaptation

adaptive radiation **

geographic isolation

population explosion

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adaptive radiation due to them adapting

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