Continental drift led to disappearance of a number of South American mammals because:

1. A. Alteration of vegetation was not conducive to their survival
2. B. There was an outbreak of a number of infectious diseases
3. C. Sudden change in the climatic conditions
4. D. They were outcompeted by more highly evolved animals reaching here form North America

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