What are some monotremes?

Answer 1

There are three types of mammals: placental, marsupial, and monotremes.

Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs. There are just two known monotremes, the platypus and the echidna, although there are two species of echidna.

• Platypus - indigenous to Australia alone
• Short-beaked echidna, sometimes known as the spiny anteater - found in Australia and a small region in New Guinea.
• Long-beaked echidna - found in the New Guinea highlands

There are three sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.