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The group of mammals that reproduce by laying eggs and generally have more primative traits than other mammals are what?
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∙ 12y ago
Egg-laying mammals are called monotremes. However, the belief that they are more primitive than other mammals is a fallacy, and an outdated belief. Scientists no longer regard monotremes as "primitive" mammals.
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What scientific name is given to those living beings who reproduce by laying eggs?
For all animals that reproduce by egg-laying, the word is "oviparous". The word for mammals that reproduce by laying eggs is "monotremes".
What reptilesare mammals?
No reptiles are mammals. Reptiles reproduce by laying eggs whereas mammals bear live young.
Do mammals lay eggs and how do they reproduce?
Generally, mammals are characterised by giving birth to live young. There is a very small group of egg-laying mammals known as monotremes. Monotremes, which include platypuses and echidnas, lay soft-shelled, leathery eggs which hatch after ten days.
Are hedgehogs monotreme?
No. Hedgehogs are not monotremes (egg-laying mammals), as they do not lay eggs in order to reproduce. They are placental mammals. The only monotremes are the platypus and the echidna.
Do Echidna lay eggs?
Yes. Like the platypus, the echidna is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. Monotremes are the only known mammals that reproduce by laying eggs.
Do platypuses reproduce by laying eggs?
Yes. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, so they do not give birth to live young. The only other monotreme is the echidna.
How do blackbirds reproduce?
Blackbirds reproduce by laying eggs.
Egg-laying mammals are placental mammals?
No. Egg-laying mammals are monotremes.
Do all inscts reproduce by laying eggs?
Yes, the only living things that don't lay eggs are mammals, plants and molluscs.
Does a crab reproduce by laying eggs?
Yes! Crabs reproduce by laying eggs.
Do reptiles reproduce by laying eggs?
Yes they ALL reproduce by laying eggs.
Are mammals born in eggs?
Most mammals are not hatched from eggs. Only the monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, reproduce by external eggs. Monotremes include just the platypus, the long-beaked echidna and the short-beaked echidna.
