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The 149 pages that link to Convergent evolution, each with the reason it gives.

• Hawaiian honeycreeperRelated: Some honeycreeper forms resemble distant bird groups adapted to comparable foods.

• MachairodontinaeRelated: Saber-like teeth arose in several distant mammal groups, not just machairodontines.

• PalaeognathaeRelated: Large body size and flightlessness arose independently in multiple palaeognath lineages.

• Plesiosaur feedingRelated: Similar teeth or skull shapes can suggest feeding habits without proving identical behavior.

• StomatopodaRelated: The resemblance between mantis shrimp and true shrimp in common names does not indicate close order-level identity.

• TylosaurusRelated: Its streamlined body and flippers resemble those of marine animals from unrelated groups.

• AcanthomorphaRelated: Similar fish forms can obscure relationships when classification relies heavily on anatomy.

• AmphisbaeniaRelated: Their elongated, reduced-limbed form evolved alongside similar shapes in unrelated burrowers.

• Canid evolutionRelated: Wolf-like features evolved in distinct canid branches, making appearance alone a poor guide to kinship.

• ColugoRelated: Colugo and squirrel gliding membranes arose in separate mammal lineages.

• MicrobatRelated: Similar sensory traits helped obscure relationships among the traditional bat groups.

• NimravidaeRelated: Nimravids and true saber-toothed cats evolved similar teeth without being close relatives.

• River dolphinRelated: Their shared river adaptations arose in lineages that are not close relatives.

• ApocynaceaeRelated: Similar milky sap and toxic chemistry occur in unrelated plant families too.

• CryptobiosisRelated: Nematodes, tardigrades, rotifers, plants, and yeasts solved drying separately, inviting comparison.

• New World vultureRelated: Separate vulture lineages evolved similar scavenging forms and lifestyles.

• Old World vultureRelated: Old and New World vultures evolved similar carrion-feeding forms despite separate ancestry.

• Pitcher plantRelated: Pitcher traps evolved independently in several plant families.

• DasyuromorphiaRelated: The thylacine's wolf-like form arose in a marsupial lineage, unlike the placental wolves it resembled.

• Pit viperRelated: Heat-sensitive pits evolved independently in pit vipers and some boas and pythons.

• WiwaxiaRelated: Similar armor or feeding structures need not prove close kinship with living groups.

• IchthyosaurusRelated: Ichthyosaurus and dolphins acquired similar streamlined forms despite distant ancestry.

• Legless lizardRelated: Limbless body forms arose independently in multiple lizard lineages.

• MacraucheniaRelated: Macrauchenia’s resemblance to camels and other mammals illustrates the challenge of reading ancestry from shape alone.

• MetriorhynchidaeRelated: Their streamlined bodies resemble those of other marine reptiles despite different ancestry.

• OphthalmosaurusRelated: Its fishlike outline evolved independently of fish and cetacean body plans.

• PoposauroideaRelated: Some poposauroids evolved dinosaur-like traits independently of dinosaurs.

• SparassodontaRelated: Sparassodonts and placental predators developed comparable predatory forms separately.

• TeratornithidaeRelated: Similarities to condors may not by themselves establish close ancestry.

• XiphactinusRelated: Its streamlined predatory form recalls later large marine hunters despite distant relationships.

• AlvarezsauridaeRelated: Alvarezsaurid forelimbs resemble digging adaptations in unrelated animal groups.

• ChalicotheriumRelated: Its unusual build invites comparisons with unrelated plant-eating mammals.

• ChoristoderaRelated: Crocodile-like choristoderes evolved a resemblance to crocodilians without being crocodilians.

• DiplocaulusRelated: The unusual skull shape raises questions about whether comparable structures evolved independently in other animals.

• EffigiaRelated: Its dinosaur-like body evolved within a separate archosaur lineage.

• EupleridaeRelated: Several euplerids resemble mongooses or civets without being close relatives of those animals.

• Evolution of reptilesRelated: Marine and aerial reptiles repeatedly evolved similar body forms without close ancestry.

• Honey possumRelated: The honey possum’s nectar-feeding adaptations resemble those of nectar-feeding mammals elsewhere.

• JerboaRelated: Other desert rodents have evolved hopping forms resembling jerboas independently.

• Marsupial moleRelated: Its mole-like form evolved independently of placental moles.

• MegarachneRelated: A spider-like outline could arise without Megarachne belonging to spiders.

• NymphalidaeRelated: Similar wing patterns can evolve repeatedly, complicating classification by appearance alone.

• SimosuchusRelated: Its unusual terrestrial-looking form invites comparison with unrelated plant-eating animals, while testing whether similarities reflect common ancestry.

• Simple eyeRelated: Simple light-sensing organs arose in diverse groups, often through independent evolutionary histories.

• ThalattosauriaRelated: Aquatic adaptations in thalattosaurs resemble those of other marine reptiles without implying close kinship.

• TherizinosaurusRelated: Its plant-eating adaptations evolved within a theropod lineage dominated by carnivorous forms.

• VombatiformesRelated: Some vombatiform adaptations resemble those of placental mammals occupying similar ecological roles.

• BlesmolRelated: Blesmols share underground adaptations with animals that are not close relatives.

• BoverisuchusRelated: Its terrestrial form resembles traits that evolved independently in other land predators.

• CeratogaulusRelated: Its unusual horns invite comparison with unrelated horned animals, without implying close kinship.