In mammals, the presence of four limbs is ________, and hair is ________

A) a shared derived character; a shared ancestral character that places mammals in the tetrapod clade
B) a shared ancestral character; a shared derived character unique to mammals
C) a homologous feature; an analogous feature
D) monophyletic; parsimonious


Answer: B

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