DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2003

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    Which of the following is a living fossil ?

    A)  Sphenodon     

    B)  Heloderma

    C)  Rabbit        

    D)  Frog

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Sphenodon is referred to as living fossil because it has retained many primitive characteristics of fossil or reptiles belonging to permean period. Heloderma is the only poisonous lizard. It commonly called beaded lizard because its scales resemble beads. Frog is nonpoisonous, harmless, and found  near water and in very damp places on land, It is cold blooded (poikilothermic). Rabbit usually leads a fossorial life. These are gregarious, herbivorous, polygamous and  coprophagus.


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