Placing whales and hippos in the same clade means that
A) these organisms are phenotypically more similar to each other than to any others shown on the trees in Figure 20.2.
B) their morphological similarities are probably homoplasies.
C) they had a common ancestor.
D) all three of the responses are correct.
E) two of the responses are correct.
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