Bats are mammals which have wings and can fly like birds.

Last updated: 8/2/2022

Bats are mammals which have wings and can fly like birds. What would be the BEST argument for placing these organisms in separate branches of a cladogram? Bats and birds have many derived characteristics other than the presence of wings. Bats' wings and birds' wings are examples of structural adaptations to a common environment. Bats' wings and birds' wings are an example of convergent evolution. Bats' wings and birds' wings are homologous structures.