legs
Convergent Evolution is the reason. :)
They are not THAT closely related; bats are mammals, not birds. Both mammals and birds are vertebrate animals.
Inbreeding!
Animals within the same genus are more distantly related.
Socially humans are more related to wolves, social carnivorous pack animals. Our DNA is most closely related to other primates.
Animals
This organism is most closely related to animals in the Phylum Arthropoda because it shares key characteristics such as a segmented body, jointed appendages, and an exoskeleton. These traits are common in arthropods like beetles, indicating a close evolutionary relationship.
Reptiles
Salamanders are related to newts.
Chimpanzees and bonobos are the animals most closely related to humans, sharing about 98 of our DNA.
Great apes, such as chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans, are the animals most closely related to humans.
Chimpanzees and bonobos are the animals most closely related to humans, sharing about 98 of our DNA.
Chimpanzees are the animals most closely related to humans.
Humans are closely related to primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
Humans are most closely related to primates, such as chimpanzees and bonobos.
Family and kingdom
Animals.