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The platypus is found only in Australia. However, both species of echidna are found in New Guinea. The long-beaked echidna is found in New Guinea but not Australia, while the short-beaked echidna is found in a small corner of Papua New Guinea, but all over the Australian continent.
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∙ 14y agoNo; the platypus and the echidna are the only monotremes(egg-laying mammals) in Australia. Marsupials are mammals as well, and there are hundreds of species and sub-species of marsupials.
Australia's only native placental mammal is the bat, of which there are over 90 species.
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Is a Platypus an Australian mammal?
Yes. The platypus is native to Australia alone.
What is the platypus in Australia?
The platypus is a protected Australian native monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
Is the anteater a egg-laying mammal?
No. The only egg-laying mammals are the platypus and the echidna, both native to Australia.
If a platypus lives in a zoo where would it most likely be located?
In or near Australia. The platypus, an egg-laying mammal, is native to eastern Australia and Tasmania.
What is the mammal group of the platypus?
The mammal group to which the platypus belong is monotremata.There are only two animals in that group: the platypus and the echidna, and they are known as monotremes.
Is a platypus is a what?
A platypus is many things. It is:a monotreme, or egg-laying mammalnative to Australia alonea semi-aquatic mammal
What is an egg laying mammal of Australia and New Zealand?
There is no such mammal. Platypuses and echidnas are the only egg-laying mammals. The platypus is endemic to Australia, and the two species of echidna are not found outside of Australia or New Guinea. There are no egg-laying mammals in New Zealand.
What type of mammal is a platypus?
A platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal.
Are platypuses the only mammal that has a flat bill?
Yes. The platypus is the only mammal with a bill of any sort.
Is a panda a monotreme?
No. A Panda is a placental mammal, meaning a mammal that gives birth to fully formed offspring. Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs. There are only three species of monotremes in the world: the echidna of Australia and New Guinea, and the platypus of Australia.
What kind of animal that lives in aulstalia but is a mammal?
Strangely enough, a platypus, which originates from Australia, is a mammal, even though it lays eggs!
Where do the duck billed platypuses live?
There is no such species as a platypus fish. There is just the platypus, an egg-laying mammal endemic to the eastern states of Australia.
