The term 'monotreme' includes all the egg-laying mammals, of which there are three species:
No, they are a marsupial and not a monotreme. There are only 2 members in the monotreme category which are the echidna and the platypus.
A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs.
A platypus is a monotreme.
The echidna is a monotreme which eats ants.
The platypus is a monotreme mammal.
That is the correct spelling of "monotreme" (a mammal that lays eggs).
Yes, there is. The echidna is also a monotreme.
Yes a monotreme does have a backbone because it is a type of mammal and a mammal is a vertebrate.
No.
No. The North American River otter is not a monotreme. It is a placental mammal. Monotremes include just the platypus and short-beaked echidna of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna which, together with its short-beaked cousin, lives only on the island of New guinea.
No horses are viviparous (give birth to live young). Monotreme mammals lay eggs
A Duck-billed Platypus is an Australian example of a monotreme, a mammal that lays eggs.