Platypus
A Duck-billed Platypus is an Australian example of a monotreme, a mammal that lays eggs.
The Australian egg-laying mammal (monotreme) is a platypus.
An echidna is a Australian mammal that is a monotreme and lays soft-shelled eggs and has a pouch.
The platypus is a protected Australian native monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
No. The platypus is an Australian monotreme. The platypus is found nowhere else in the world apart from Australia. However, it is not a marsupial, as marsupials give both to live young. The platypus is classified as a monotreme because it is a mammal that lays eggs.
Echidna or spiny anteater egg laying mammal or monotreme indigenous to Australia
There are several mammals which do not have teeth. The echidna is an Australian mammal, a monotreme which only has a sticky tongue. The platypus is another Australian monotreme which has grinding plates, rather than teeth. Sloths, anteaters, tamanduas, pangolins, baleen whales, and adult monotremes are all toothless mammals.
The platypus is not a marsupial: it is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. Marsupials give birth to live young, and do not lay eggs. The other monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, is the echidna.
No, they are a marsupial and not a monotreme. There are only 2 members in the monotreme category which are the echidna and the platypus.
The echidna, a spiky monotreme (egg-laying mammal), is represented on Australia's five cent coin.
A platypus is a monotreme.
A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs.