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Evolution
Select the correct group/set of Australian Marsupials exhibiting adaptive radiation.
Numbat, Spotted cuscus, Flying Phalanger
A number of Australian marsupials, each different from the other evolved from an ancestral stock, but all within the Australian island continent. When more than one adaptive radiation appeared to have occurred in an isolated geographical area (representing different habitats), one can call this convergent evolution.
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