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No, echidnas are not related to platypuses.
Echidnas and platypuses are both monotremes, meaning they are the only known egg-laying mammals. For this reason, they may be considered by some to be related, but in fact their families are completely different. The echidna belongs to the family Tachyglossidae, while the platypus belongs to the family Ornithorhynchidae.
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Who are platypus related to?
Platypuses are monotremes and their nearest relatives are Echidnas.
What word is to described the platypuses and echidnas?
Platypuses and echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
How do platypuses and echidnas break apart?
Platypuses and echidnas are each distinct species. They do not "break apart".
Are platypuses and echidnas the only two mammals that lay eggs?
Yes. Platypuses and echidnas are the only monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
What is the other monotreme?
Platypuses and echidnas are both monotremes.
Can platypuses give birth?
No. Platypuses, like echidnas, are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals. Baby platypuses hatch from soft, leathery eggs.
Are dolphins monotremes?
No: dolphins are placental mammals. The only monotremes are platypuses and echidnas.
A mammal that produces shelled eggs is a?
A monotreme. Monotremes consist of platypuses and echidnas.
Why can platypuses lay eggs but other mammals can't?
Platypuses and echidnas are both egg-laying mammals, of the unique order monotremata, or monotremes.
Do monotremes have fur?
Yes. Both types of monotremes - platypuses and echidnas - have fur and lay eggs. In addition, echidnas have sharp spines, but these protrude from its body through a layer of thick fur.
Are platypuses and echidnas reptiles?
No. Echidnas and platypuses are Mammals, not reptiles. They are unique egg-laying mammals known as moniemes. There are several reasons why platypuses and echidnas are classified as mammals. 1. Platypuses and echidnas have fur (all mammals have fur, skin or hair). 2. They breathe using lungs (not gills). 3. They are warm blooded. 4. The main reason is that they suckle their young on mothers' milk. 5. They have a flexible neck with seven cervical vertebrae. 6. Platypuses and echidnas show enhanced neocortex development. 7. Sound is produced by the larynx (a modified region of the trachea). 8. Limbs are oriented vertically 9. Like all mammals, they have a heart with 4 chambers. 10. Internal temperature is generally high.
Are monotremes covered in skin?
Monotremes are covered with skin, but over the skin they have fur. Both platypuses and echidnas have fur, and echidnas also has sharp spines.
