Uric acid is an excretory product of:

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(A) Animals that excrete nitrogenous waste in the form of uric acid are called uricotelic animals.Uric acid is excreted as a paste or pellet with mini

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(A) Animals that excrete nitrogenous waste in the form of uric acid are called uricotelic animals.Uric acid is excreted as a paste or pellet with minimum loss of water.This is an adaptation for water conservation in certain environments.Examples of uricotelic animals include insects (like cockroaches),birds (like sparrows),and terrestrial reptiles.Humans are ureotelic,meaning they primarily excrete urea.Therefore,the correct group is $(a), (b) 	ext{ and } (c)$.

Column-$I$	Column-$II$
$(a)$ Ureotelic	$(I)$ Bony fishes, aquatic amphibians and aquatic insects
$(b)$ Ammonotelic	$(II)$ Mammals, marine fishes
$(c)$ Uricotelic	$(III)$ Reptiles, birds, land snails and insects

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Column-$I$ Column-$II$
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