Birds and mammals are considered polyphyletic when considering that

a. birds have wings and mammals do not.
b. birds have feathers and mammals do not.
c. birds and mammals do not share the same common reptilian ancestor.
d. birds and mammals cannot interbreed.
e. molecular clock data indicates birds and mammals diverged at the same time.


C

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