How has continental drift affected mammals in Australia?
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Jun 23, 2018
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Explanation:
- Australia separated from other continents before evolution of Eutherian mammals.
- Stock of primitive mammals, that survived on the Southern continent after continental drift, later diverged and evolved in marsupials which are found nowhere in the world.
- Few of the earliest type egg laying mammals have also survived in Australia.
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