A wildlife biologist is studying endangered mammals. The biologist has separate polygon feature classes that represent each mammal in a given geographic region. Which tool should the ArcGIS analyst use to create a new feature class containing all areas where the mammal weighs more than 45 kilograms?
A) Intersect
B) Buffer
C) Merge
D) Union

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Union creates a new feature class containing all areas that overlap between the input feature classes. In this case, the analyst would use Union to create a new feature class containing all areas where the mammal weighs more than 45 kilograms.

A Wildlife Biologist Is Studying Endangered Mammals