Which of the Following Organisms Would Best Be Identified as a Species

question 72

Multiple Choice

Which of the following organisms would best be identified as a species using the biological species concept?

• A) a population of mice living on a mountaintop where the nearest population of mice is 50 miles away
• B) a bacteria found living in the human gut with thousands of other bacteria
• C) dinosaurs identified by morphologically similar fossil remains located in a single valley in South America
• D) a rare plant living in a remote location in Peru that reproduces asexually

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