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Are rabbits reptiles?
No, rabbits are mammals, not reptiles. They belong to the order Lagomorpha, while reptiles belong to a different class altogether.
What is the difference between mammals and reptiles?
reptiles are cold blooded and mammals are warm blooded.
Are reptiles more closely related to mammals or to fishes?
Reptiles are more closely related to mammals than to fishes. Reptiles and mammals are both part of the group called amniotes, characterized by their ability to lay eggs on land. Fish, on the other hand, are a separate group with distinct evolutionary lineages from reptiles and mammals.
Do cats lay eggs-?
No. Cats are placental mammals, meaning they give birth to live young. The only egg-laying mammals (monotremes) are platypuses and echidnas.
Are sharks amphibians mammals or reptiles?
Sharks are not amphibians, mammals, or reptiles. They are a type of fish known as cartilaginous fish, as their skeletons are made of cartilage instead of bone.
How are platypus similar to reptiles and mammals?
No. Fossil evidence indicates that platypuses have always existed more or less in their current form. Ancient platypuses were larger and had teeth, unlike modern platypuses, but platypuses do not provide any sort of evolutionary link between reptiles and mammals.
How do spiny anteaters and duckbill platypuses differ from reptiles?
Quite aimply, echidnas and platypuses are mammals. They are warm-blooded, unlike cold-blooded reptiles, with a covering of fur, rather than scaly skin.
Why are platypuses like reptiles?
The only way in which platypuses are like reptiles is that they lay eggs.
Do platypuses have cold blood?
No. Platypuses are mammals and all mammals are warm-blooded.
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.
What group such as birds and mammals do platypuses belong in?
Platypuses are mammals. Specifically, they are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
Do platypuses reproduce asexually?
No. Platypuses are mammals, and all mammals reproduce sexually, not asexually.
What do mother platypuses feed their young?
Platypuses are mammals: therefore, mother platypuses, like all mammals, feed their young on mothers' milk.
Platypuses are one of the 2 mammals that do what?
Platypuses are one of the 2 mammals that lay eggs. The other is the echidna.
Are platypuses bears and house cats mammals?
Yes. These creatures are all mammals. Platypuses are monotremes (egg-laying mammals) while the others are placental mammals.
Is a platypus part alligator?
Not at all. Platypuses are mammals and alligators are reptiles. There is no part-mammal, part-reptile species. Furthermore, there are no alligators in Australia, but only crocodiles.
Do platypuses have babies or eggs?
Despite being mammals, platypuses lay eggs. They are monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals.
