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The platypus is the only mammal with the sense of electroreception. It has a bill which is equipped with special electroreceptors, which enable the platypus to sense electrical impulses from tiny crustaceans and insect larvae at the bottom of creeks and rivers. This is quite different from echolocation, which bats and some marine mammals have.
While it is true that the platypus is unique for being an egg-laying mammal, it is not the only mammal that lays eggs. The echidna is also a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
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What type of mammal is a platypus?
A platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal.
Is a platypus a monotreme marsupial or placental mammal?
The platypus is a monotreme mammal.
Is the platypus classed as any other invertebrate?
The platypus is not an invertebrate. It is a vertebrate, a member of the Kingdom Animalia. It is a mammal, specifically a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
What species is a platypus from?
A platypus is an egg laying mammal, or monotreme. Its actual species name is Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
How does it help a platypus being a mammal and reptile?
The platypus is not a reptile - it is an egg-laying mammal.
Is a platypus a bird or a fish?
The platypus is a mammal. Although it lays eggs in a burrow, and hunts for food in the water, it is a warm-blooded mammal that breathes using lungs, not gills. It also feeds its young on mothers' milk, something which no fish does.
What mammal other than man mates in the missionary position?
platypus
Is a paladypus a mammal?
Yes, the platypus is a mammal.
Why is it hard to class the platypus as a mammal?
It is not hard to class the platypus as a mammal. The defining characteristic of a mammal is that it feeds its young on mother's milk - which a platypus does. The platypus also shares several other characteristics with other mammals. It is covered with fur; it is warm-blooded; it breathes using lungs. The only way it is different to other mammals is that, like the echidna, it lays eggs, instead of giving birth to live young.
Is a platypus a rodent?
No. A platypus is not a placental mammal of any type, but a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal.
Is a platiuse a mammal?
a platypus is a mammal even though it doesn't give live birth. I'm not sure why.
What is the subdivision of a platypus?
The platypus is a mammal. Specifically, it is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. It belongs to the family ornithorhynchidae.
