A dog and cat are in the order Carnivora but in different Families. A mountain lion and a cougar are in the same Family but each are in a different Genus. Which two animals are most closely related?
a. Dog and Cat
b. Mountain lion and cougar
2007-06-09 11:55:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
B
In taxonomy, the hierarchy of relationships is:
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Organisms are more similar if they are in the same levels, and even more similar the further down those levels are. So two animals in the same genus are more closely related than two animals that only share a family.
2007-06-09 11:57:42 · answer #1 · answered by karana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, mountain lions and cougars are not in different Genera - they're actually the same animal. They are different common names for the same critter - Puma concolor (also known as the puma, painter, American panther, catamount, mountain screamer, or deer lion)
So mountain lion and cougar are definitely more closely related.
2007-06-09 19:33:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the mountain lion and cougar there both in the cat family retard
2007-06-09 22:50:16 · answer #3 · answered by tdoggxxx 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
B. Family is farther down the levels of classification than order.
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
2007-06-09 18:58:07 · answer #4 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a pigeon and a dove
2007-06-09 19:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋