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Question 19M.2.SL.TZ2.4d

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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 19M.2.SL.TZ2.4d
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ2
Command term Deduce Question number d Adapted from N/A
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19M.2.SL.TZ2.4d
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The cladogram includes four marsupial (non-placental mammal) families.

[Source: Koala image: Quartl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Phascolarctos_cinereus#/media/
File:Friendly_Female_Koala.JPG; Wombat image: JJ Harrison, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat#/
media/File:Vombatus_ursinus_-Maria_Island_National_Park.jpg; Marsupial lion: Nobu Tamura,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupial_lion#/media/File:Thylacoleo_BW.jpg;
Diprotodontoidea image: Anne Musser]

 

Deduce the family that is most closely related to the Diprotodontoidea.

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Markscheme

Vombatidae/wombats ✔

Examiners report

Nearly everyone spotted the wombat correctly.