The classical example of adaptive radiation in development of new species is\

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Darwin's finches represent one of the best examples of adaptive radiation. Another example is Australian marsupials. A number of marsupials, each different from the other (Figure 6.6) evolved from an ancestral stock, but all within the Australian island continent. Adaptive radiation in placental (eutherian) mammals: Placental mammals illustrate a great example of adaptive radiation, where multiple diverse forms have developed from the common lineage of a primitive, shortlegged,, insectivorous, rat-like creature, that coexisted with dinosaurs.\