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To which class of the phylum Chordata does the common rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, belong?
AAmphibia
BMammalia
CReptilia
DAves
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Mammalia
1. The rabbit is Oryctolagus cuniculus, a chordate.
2. It is warm-blooded, has hair, and females have mammary glands.
3. These features place it in Class Mammalia.
4. Aves are birds with feathers, a different class, so that option is the trap.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 13 Structural Organisation of Animals "Introduction", p.194_
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