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No. The platypus is covered with dense, waterproof fur, and the echidna is covered with sharp spines.
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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.
What mammal is a monotreme?
Monotremes are egg laying mammals, the platypus and the echidna are the only two monotremes.
Are dolphins monotremes?
No: dolphins are placental mammals. The only monotremes are platypuses and echidnas.
Do all winged animals have feathers?
No! Remember bats? They have skin wings and are covered in fur. Sugar gliders [which can only glide] are covered in fur too! Insects are covered in skin or hard shells as well. Birds are not the only creatures on earth to have adapted this wonderful ability!
Are moose monotremes?
No. A moose is a placental mammal, meaning it gives birth to live young. Monotremes are egg-laying mammals. Only platypuses and echidnas are monotremes.
What is the name of the sensory organ which is not situated in the head?
The skin. is not the correct answer because our nose is covered with skin which is present in our head only
Monotremes are egg-laying marsupials Name the only two monotremes in Australia?
The two monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, in Australia are the platypusand the short-beaked echidna.
Is a bull covered with fur or skin?
Both. Cattle have skin that is covered with fur.
Is a bat a monotreme?
No. Monotremes are mammals which lay eggs rather than give birth. The only monotremes are the echidna and the platypus. Bats give live birth, so they are not monotremes.
What is an electric eel covered with?
It is covered in skin
Are humans monotremes?
No. Like most modern mammals, humans are placental mammals. The only living monotremes are the platypus and the echidna.
Are frogs covered with scale or skin?
skin
