Question

17 hot spot 1 point click the location on the cladogram where the most recent common ancestor between the leopard and the horse can be found. be very specific! shared characteristics tortoise horse wolf leopard house cat purring retractable claws carnivorous hair clear my selection

Explanation:

To find the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of the leopard and the horse, we analyze the cladogram. The MRCA is the node where the lineages of leopard and horse meet before their respective branches. Looking at the shared characteristics, the horse's branch and the branch leading to the carnivorous group (including leopard) meet at the node above the "hair" characteristic (since horse has hair, and the carnivorous group also has hair, and beyond that, horse diverges while the carnivorous group continues). So the MRCA is at the node where the horse's branch and the branch with "hair" (leading to wolf, leopard, house cat) connect, specifically the node above the "hair" label, before the "carnivorous" node (but actually, tracing back, the MRCA of horse and leopard is the node that is the common ancestor before horse splits and the group with hair (including leopard's lineage) splits. Wait, more accurately: the horse is on a branch, and the other branches (wolf, leopard, house cat) are on a branch that shares "hair" with horse. So the MRCA is the node where the horse's branch and the "hair"-containing branch (which includes leopard's lineage) meet. So that node is between the "hair" label and the divergence of horse and the rest (wolf, leopard, etc.). So the location is the node (the point) where the horse's branch and the branch with "hair" (leading to wolf, leopard, house cat) connect, i.e., the node above the "hair" label, before the "carnivorous" node. But in the cladogram, the horse is on one branch, and the other animals (wolf, leopard, house cat) are on a branch that shares "hair" with horse. So the MRCA is the node where the horse's branch and the branch with "hair" (and then carnivorous, etc.) meet. So the specific location is the node (the intersection point) of the horse's branch and the branch that has the "hair" characteristic (and then splits into horse's branch and the branch leading to wolf, leopard, house cat). So we click the node (the point) where the horse's line and the line with "hair" (and subsequent branches) meet, which is the node above the "hair" label, connecting the horse's branch to the rest of the mammals (wolf, leopard, house cat) that have hair.

Answer:

The most recent common ancestor between the leopard and the horse is at the node (intersection point) where the horse's branch and the branch containing the "hair" characteristic (leading to wolf, leopard, house cat) meet, specifically the node above the "hair" label (connecting the horse's lineage to the lineage of wolf, leopard, and house cat). So we click that node (the point) in the cladogram.