For many years, scientists believed that red pandas were more closely related to giant pandas than any other species. Which piece of evidence below, if true, would be the strongest support for the hypothesis that red pandas are actually more closely related to racoons?(1 point)
A DNA analysis that shows a closer genetic similarity between red pandas and raccoons than between red pandas and giant pandas.
The presence of a specific shared trait or characteristic between red pandas and raccoons would be the strongest evidence supporting the hypothesis that red pandas are more closely related to raccoons than giant pandas.
