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The Echidna and Platypus are the only two egg laying mammals on earth. They lay eggs but produce milk and that's what they feed their young on.

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What kind of an animal is an echidna?

The echidna is a monotreme. It is an egg-laying mammal.


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The echidna is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. Most mammals give live birth, but only the echidna and platypus are egg-laying mammals.


What is an egg laying mammal?

The platypus and the echidna are egg laying mammals. Egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes.


If an echidna is not a mammal or marsupial it is what?

An echidna IS a mammal. It is an egg-laying mammal, known as a monotreme,


An egg laying mammal that is also called the spiny anteater?

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Is an echidna one of the mammals that lays eggs?

Yes. The echidna is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. Platypuses and echidnas are the only egg-laying mammals.


What mammal is a monotreme?

Monotremes are egg laying mammals, the platypus and the echidna are the only two monotremes.


What is five lettered egg laying mammal?

There is no egg-laying mammal with five letters in its name. Egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes. The only known monotremes are the platypus and the echidna.


Is the anteater a egg-laying mammal?

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What is a sentence with the word echidna in it?

The echidna is one of only two types of monotremes in the world.Like the platypus, the echidna is an egg-laying mammal.


Can a mammal lay a egg?

Yes. Egg-laying mammals are called monotremes. They include the platypus and the echidna.


Do Echidna lay eggs?

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