Multiple Choice
Which of the following can best be explained by plate tectonics?
A) Most of the endemic eutherian mammals in Australia are either rodents or bats.
B) Fossil evidence suggests that flamingos were once widespread across both northern and southern continents, including Australia, whereas their descendants are restricted to parts of Africa, South and Central America, India and Southern Europe.
C) The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus) lives in shallow freshwater streams and lakes. Its closest living relatives are found in Africa (Protopterus) and South America (Lepidosiren) .
D) Several species of frogs from south-eastern Australia are also found in Tasmania.
E) Eucalypts dominated the New Zealand landscape in the early Mesozoic period.
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