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[โ€“] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Genets are bad example, because Viverridae are the closest relatives to Felidae. Convergent evolution would be better illustrated by fish and dolphins.

[โ€“] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

Well, viverridae are called feliforme for obvious reasons, bit their genealogic tree is way far from felidae. Yes, there are certainly a lot of other examples of convergent evolution.