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AIIMS 2007
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2007
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Animal Kingdom

AIIMS 2007 · Botany · Animal Kingdom

Which of the following does not come under the Class Mammals?

Which of the following does not come under the Class Mammals?

Options

  1. AFlying fox
  2. BHedgehog
  3. CManatee
  4. DLamprey

Correct answer

D. Lamprey

Step-by-step solution

Lamprey (or Petromyzon) belongs to class cyclostomata. The lamprey has about (1 \mathrm{~m}). long greenish brown, cylindrical body with smooth, scaleless, slimy skin; anterior circular, jawless mouth; a single dorsal naris; seven pairs of circular gill slits; 2 dorsal fins and a tail fin. Its life cycle includes two quite different phases. The larval phase (called ammocoete) is a fresh water sedentary, filter feeding and microphagus creature reminiscent of the lancet. The fish like adult lives in the sea and is parasitic on fishes.
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