It is an animal because he wants an animal to hunt so he wouldnt be looking for a mine and a shape
I believe it would be polyphyletic.
Polyphyletic groups are formed when two lineages convergently evolve similar character states. Organisms classified into the same polyphyletic group share phenetic homoplasies as opposed to homologies. The key difference between paraphyletic and polyphyletic groups is that paraphyletic contain their common ancestor, whereas polyphyletic groups do not.
starts with sunlight and photosynthesis if you are talking about plants