Mice and Rats Are More Distantly Related to Rabbits Than

question 110

Short Answer

Mice and rats are more distantly related to rabbits than they are to one another.If a biologist were to examine the phylogenetic relationships of different mice and rats, rabbits would be considered a(n) _______ to the mice and rats.

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