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Yes, there are two. One is the platypus, and the other is the echidna, sometimes called the spiny anteater, although it is not even remotely related to anteaters. Egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoMostly, yes.
Almost all species of mammals give live birth. There are just three species of mammals which lay eggs. These egg-laying mammals, or monotremes, include the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna.
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∙ 14y agoMammals generally do not lay eggs. Birds, most reptiles, many fish and amphibians do lay eggs, but mammals generally give birth to live young. The exception are the three species of monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. These include the platypus and short-beaked echidna of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna of Papua New Guinea.
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∙ 13y agoYes. They are called monotremes. The only known monotremes are the platypus and short-beaked echidna of Australia and the long-beaked echidna of New Guinea.
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What covers mammals eggs?
Mammals don't lay eggs. The only mammal that lays eggs is a platypus, and they have leathery feeling eggs, but still a shell.
How many egg laying animals are in the world?
The amount of eggs that an animal produces will vary depending on the animal. For example, a penguin only lays one or two eggs at a time and a bird can lay up to four at a time.
How do we know that which animal lays eggs and witch doesn't lay eggs?
Usually only birds, reptiles, amphibians, arachnids and some insects lay eggs but the best way to know for sure if an animal lays eggs is to look that specific animal up on the Internet or wait and see what kind of baby it has (egg, larvae, live, etc.). There are only two mammals that lay eggs which are echidnas and platypuses.
What is the only animal that lays eggs and has fur?
A platypus.
How many eggs do mammals lay at one time?
Platypuses and echidnas are the only mammals that lay eggs. These mammals belong to the group of mammals known as monotremes. Platypuses and echidnas lay eggs just once a year. The platypus lays 1-2 eggs, while the echidna lays a single egg each year.
Which animals give birth to babies?
Only mammals do that besides the playpus it's the only mammal that lays eggs
What sea animal does not have babies?
If you mean mammals platypus are the only mammals that lay eggs!!
What mammal lays eggs and have dry scales?
No mammal lays eggs and has dry scales. The only mammals which lay eggs are monotremes, which include the platypus and the echidna, both of which have fur (while the echidna also has spines).
Why isn't a penguin a mammal?
A penguin is a bird or a vertibrate animal. Mammals are animals which only give birth to live young (with the sole exception of the platypus, which lays eggs).
Do mammles give birth or lay eggs?
Egg-laying mammals are known as monotreme. They are of the Order monotremata.Apart from monotremes, other animal groups which lay eggs are birds, reptiles fish and amphibians. Only the birds lay eggs exclusively. Among the reptiles, fish and amphibians, some are live-bearers.
What animal lays eggs but is not a mammal and it does not fly?
mammalAnimals that don't lay eggs are called Mammals, as they give live birth and have hairs. But, as Mother Nature can be contrary, the echidna and the platypus, though mammals, lay eggs!
Is a platypus a cartilaginous fish?
No, a platypus is a mammal that lays eggs. It's a Monotreme. A platypus and the echidna are the only mammals in the world that lay eggs.
