
Humpback whale:
Megaptera novaeangliae (08/25/2009)Address: 10 Town Wharf Plymouth, MA 02360Homologous structures: structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.
"Four limbs homologous structures, even though these animals have adapted for different functions, the forelimbs of all mammals are constructed from the same basic skeletal elements. One large bone attatched to two similar bones, attatched to several small bones, attratch to approximately five digits or phalanges. " (Neil and A. Campbel, 449)
Cat:
Felis catus (06/28/2009)
Address: 297 Turnpike Rd, Westborough MA 01581