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Yes. Platypuses belong to the order of mammals known as the monotremes, or monotremata. They, along with the echidna, are the only egg-laying mammals. They are mammals in every other sense of the word. They are warm-blooded vertebrates with fur/hair, and which feed their young on mothers' milk.
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Do beavers and platypuses get along?
No, a beaver isn't related to a platypus. Even though they're both mammals, a beaver gives birth to live young while a platypus lays eggs.
Do platypus lay eggs?
A platypus is a mammal that lays eggs in order to reproduce - a monotreme. It is one of only two mammals known to do so, the other being the echidna. The eggs are soft-shelled and leathery, rather than hard-shelled like birds' eggs.
Are platypuses related to the giant panda?
Not even remotely. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals; giant pandas are placental mammals. The only connection between the two animals is that they are both mammals.
Are Platypuses considered a type of beaver duck or just in their own category?
Platypuses are completely within their own category - a sub-group known as monotremes. Platypuses are definitely not a type of beaver. Beavers are placental mammals, while platypuses are monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals. Ducks are not even remotely related to platypuses, as they are birds.
Do women lay eggs?
There are three classes of mammals (placental mammals, monotremes and marsupials). Only monotremes (the platypus and echidna) lay eggs.
Do platypuses undergo metamorphosis?
No. Platypuses are mammals, not amphibians. No mammals undergo metamorphosis. Baby platypuses are hatched from eggs, and as the creatures grow, they gradually resemble their parents more and more.
Are platypus related to seals or otters?
Platypuses are only related to seals and otters in that they are all semi-aquatic mammals. Even there, the similarity is flimsy, because seals and otters are placental mammals, whereas platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, one of only two types of such animals in the world.
Does an antechinus lay eggs?
No, true anteaters do not lay eggs. They are placental mammals, and give birth to live young. They are not monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals.True anteaters should not be confused with "Spiny anteaters", more properly known as echidnas. These creatures are monotremes, meaning that they are egg-laying mammals, like platypuses.
What are some misunderstandings about platypuses?
Some misunderstandings about platypuses are:that they are called "duckbilled platypuses": in fact, their common name is just "platypus"that they are the only mammal to lay eggs: this is not so, as the echidna is also a monotreme, or egg-laying mammalthat they eat fish and aquatic plants: platypuses are completely carnivorous, feeding on insect larvae, annelid worms, freshwater crayfish and other crustaceans and invertebrates which live in the bottom of creeks and riversthat they can breathe underwater: no mammals (not even marime mammals) can breathe underwater.that they can live in saltwater: platypuses are completely freshwater animalsthat they are part duck and part beaver: they are not - the platypus has only ever been a platypus
Which class of animal has it baby by egg?
There are many animals that lay eggs. Mammals do not. Here is a list of a few: Birds and Reptiles are the main animals known to lay eggs. The Platypus, even though it's a mammal, does infact lay eggs. Those are the main groups that I know of.
Are duck billed platypuses mammals?
Ducks are not mammals - they are birds. The differences between birds and mammals are:Birds have feathers while mammals have fur, hair or skinBirds lay eggs whilst mammals (with the exception of the monotremes) bear live youngBirds do not feed their young on mothers' milk like all mammals do
Is an echidna a bird?
No. The echidna is a mammal, even though it lays eggs. It belongs to the very small group of egg-laying mammals known as monotremes, same as the platypus.
