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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.
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∙ 13y agoThe platypus is a mammal because it has fur and suckles its young. However, unlike all mammals except for echidnas, and like most (not all) reptiles, it lays eggs.
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What is the connecting link between reptiles and mammals?
duck billed platypus
What amimal's lay eggs?
All reptiles and some mammals like platypus
Are birds closest to mammals or reptiles?
While at first glance birds seem similar to mammals, they are more closely related to reptiles.
Are mammals and reptiles similar?
They have some similarities. Both reptiles and mammals are primarily land-dwelling vertebrates, though some species are aquatic.
How do born animals differ from animals that are hatched from egg?
Born animals are mammals and eggs can be from birds, reptiles, amphibians and two types of mammals, the platypus and the echidna.
What animals havehair?
All mammals have fur, some other animals can have fur e.g the platypus which lays eggs but has fur so it has characteristics of both mammals and reptiles but all mammals have fur.
Is the platypus an invertebrate?
It is a vertebrate because it has a spinal column in its skeletal system. Also it is a mammal, although it lays eggs, and every mammal (or other warm-blooded creature, like a bird) is a vertebrate.
Does a platypus have a cloaca?
Yes. A cloaca is present in marsupials and monotremes, as well as in birds, amhibians and reptiles. Placental mammals do not have a cloaca.
Which is a creature not a mammal and a reptile?
There are many animals that are not classed as mammals or reptiles. firstly, you have the entire invertebrates group. for example spiders and insects. secondly, you have the vertebrates that are not mammals or reptiles, for example, birds and fish. but if you are wondering the name that incorporates the platypus and echidna, then they are called Monotremes
Are alligator's mammals?
No, alligators are not mammals, they are reptiles.
Are snakes mammals or animals Not reptiles?
Snakes are reptiles. Both mammals and reptiles are animals.
Do women lay eggs?
There are three classes of mammals (placental mammals, monotremes and marsupials). Only monotremes (the platypus and echidna) lay eggs.
