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No. Both species of echidnas, the short-beaked and the long-beaked echidna, lay soft-shelled, leathery eggs. This is the same as the platypus, the other monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
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Which type of echidna lays eggs?
There are just two species of echidna and they both lay eggs. They are the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna. Echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
A mammal that produces shelled eggs is a?
A monotreme. Monotremes consist of platypuses and echidnas.
Where do the mammals that lay eggs live?
Egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes, and there are just three species.Platypuses and short-beaked echidnas are native to Australia. The long-beaked echidna is found on the island of New Guinea.
If platypuses are the only mammals to lay eggs how can penguins lay eggs?
Penguins are not mammals. They are referred to as flightless birds. Therefore, they are egg laying. It is also not true that platypuses are the only mammals to lay eggs. Echidnas (both the short beaked and the long beaked variety), like platypuses, are also monotremes, i.e. egg-laying mammals.
Do Platypuses hatch from a shell?
Baby platypuses hatch from an egg, not just a shell. Female platypuses lay soft-shelled, leathery eggs. Platypus are one of just three species of egg-laying mammals, known as monotremes. The other two are the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna..
Which mammal doesnot lay egg?
The only other egg-laying mammal is the echidna which, like the platypus, is classified as a monotreme. There are two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of New Guinea. There are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
Do or don't mammals lay eggs everyday or some days?
Most mammals do not lay eggs at all. Only the monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, reproduce by external eggs. Monotremes include just the platypus, the long-beaked echidna and the short-beaked echidna. These mammals lay eggs just once a year, each breeding season. Platypuses lay 1-3 eggs, while echidnas lay a single egg, just once each year.
Are lions born alive or eggs?
No. Lions are placental mammals and give birth to live young. The only mammals which lay eggs are monotremes, and include just three species: platypuses, short-beaked echidnas and long-beaked echidnas.
Is the platypus the only animal to lay eggs?
No. Platypuses and echidnaslay eggs. They are members of the order Monotremata, so they are known as monotremes. There is just one species of platypus and two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna of Australia and the long-beaked echidna of New Guinea. There are three sub-species of the long-beaked echidna.
Only two marsupials lay eggs Both are Australian Name them?
No marsupials lay eggs. The only egg-laying mammals are monotremes, and the species in Australia are the platypus and the short-beaked echidna. Both the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna are found on the island of New Guinea.
Which of these are mammals that lay eggs?
The only known monotremes are the platypus and short-beaked echidna of Australia and the long-beaked echidna of New Guinea.
Are platypuses egg laying mammals?
Yes.Platypuses, along with echidnas, are the only known egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They lay soft-shelled, leathery eggs.
