"The mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 mm, about the size of a grain of rice."
-from The Mountain Pine Beetle by Ramone Franklin, 1988.
Using the passage above for reference, which of the following sentences from a research paper on the mountain pine beetle is NOT an example of plagiarism?
A.
According to Ramone Franklin, the mountain pine beetle "has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 mm, about the size of a grain of rice."
B.
The mountain pine beetle has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 mm, about the size of a grain of rice.
C.
The mountain pine beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America.
D.
With a black exoskeleton and measuring approximately 5 mm, the mountain pine beetle is native to the forests of western North American from Mexico to central British Columbia.
C. The mountain pine beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America.
This sentence is not plagiarism as it provides the same information but in different words and structure compared to the original passage.