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Actually, not all animals that lay eggs are mammals, and not all mammals give live birth. Some snakes have livebirth(reptile), and the platapus(mammal), lays eggs. But, to answer your question, animal that lay eggs are called reptiles, amphibeans, fish, and birds.

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They are called monotremes.

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