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Egg laying mammals are the mammals classified as monotremes. These include the Platypus and various species of Echidna.
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∙ 12y agoMammals which lay eggs are known as monotremes.
One mammal which lays eggs is the platypus; another is the long beaked echidna; the third is the short-beaked echidna.
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What do animal lay eggs like a bird and give milk like a cow?
There isn't one. An animal who lays eggs isn't a mammal. An animal who gives milk to it's young is a mammal.
Do animals have belly buttons?
Mammals (other than monotremes) have navels. Other animals do not, because they have no use for them.
How many egg laying animals are in the world?
The amount of eggs that an animal produces will vary depending on the animal. For example, a penguin only lays one or two eggs at a time and a bird can lay up to four at a time.
Why is the platypus one of the most unlikely animals?
Because of its the only mammal that lays eggs, scientists believed. It was man made.
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 bird is a mammal that lays eggs?
There is no such thing as a bird that is a mammal. Mammals are one classification, and birds are another. All birds lay eggs. Most mammals do not lay eggs. The only exceptions are the monotremes, which include just the platypus and the echidna.
Does the platypus have lots of babies at once?
No. The platypus, which is an egg-laying mammal, lays between one and three eggs each breeding season. The average is two.
What a animal that is different then the others?
The platypus because it's the only animal that lays eggs and the only one with a beaver tail and a duck bill that is a semi aquatic mammal.
Does a platypus distrubute anything around the world?
Amazement!! its not every day you see a mammal with a Ducks Beak, lays eggs, suckles its young, and delivers a poisonous sting that will have you in agony for hours. If that's not enough it lays its eggs, has sex, passes excreta and urine all through one orifice.
Who is the one who lays the eggs of bees?
The queen bee of the colony lays the bees
Why does the platypus fall under the monotreme classification?
A platypus is a mammal. Like other mammals, it feeds its young on mother's milk. It just so happens that it is a mammal which lays eggs. Therefore, it is a monotreme.Both platypuses and echidnas are monotremes. The name monotreme is derived from two Greek words meaning "one-holed", because they have just one external opening, the cloaca, for both waste elimination and for reproduction. The cloaca leads to the urinary, faecal and reproductive tracks, all of which join internally, and it is the orifice by which the female monotreme lays her eggs.
What mammal lives in Australian waterways and lays eggs?
The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania. Together with the two species of echidna, it is one of the three species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
