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Monotremes are Australian mammals that are unique in several ways. First of all, they are the only mammals to lay eggs. Also, despite having mammary glands, they do not have teats. This caused great confusion when they were being classified, because mammary glands are one defining characteristics of mammals and the absence of teats made them difficult to locate.
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What kind of reproduction do monotremes have?
Monotremes are unique for being egg laying mammals.
Are there any differences Reptile and monotremes?
Oh yes - monotremes are mammals, which means that they have hair (which is unique to mammals) and also nurse their young from mammary glands. Monotremes do lay soft, rubbery eggs, which is a behavior that is unique among mammals but they are strictly mammals regardless.
What is unique about the indigenous Australian platypus and echidna?
Platypuses and echidnas are both monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals.
Why are monotremes unusual?
Monotremes are unique types of mammals which lay eggs, rather than giving birth to live young. The only known monotremes are the platypus and the echidna, both of which are found in Australia, while echidnas are also found in New Guinea. They are mammals because, like all mammals, they suckle their young on mothers' milk.
Why are monotremes different from other animals?
Monotremes are unique types of mammals which lay eggs, rather than giving birth to live young. They are the only furred animals to lay eggs and incubate them before hatching. The only known monotremes are the platypus and the echidna, both of which are found in Australia, while echidnas are also found in New Guinea.
Why can platypuses lay eggs but other mammals can't?
Platypuses and echidnas are both egg-laying mammals, of the unique order monotremata, or monotremes.
Are monotremes real?
Yes, monotremes are real.
What are the only two marsupials that lay eggs?
Marsupials do not lay eggs. Only monotremes lay eggs.The platypus and the echidna are both egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are still classified as mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk - a characteristic unique to mammals alone.
Is a blue whale a monotremes?
No a Blue Whale is Not a monotremes.
Do monotremes eat their young?
Monotremes never eat their young.
What mammal is a monotreme?
Monotremes are egg laying mammals, the platypus and the echidna are the only two monotremes.
What phylum includes eutherians and monotremes?
Eutherians and monotremes are in the phylum Chordata.
