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The platypus is quite unique and is not closely related to any other animal. It belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna (sometimes known as the spiny anteater), which is its only living relative. These animals are known as monotremes.
Platypuses and echidnas are the only two kinds of mammals in the world that lay eggs.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe platypus has only ever been a platypus. It has not been an otter, a duck or a beaver. Fossils of possible platypus ancestors indicate that, if it did indeed have other ancestors, they shared the same characteristics it has today.
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∙ 10y agoNo other animal is closely related to the platypus. It belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna (sometimes known as the spiny anteater), which is its only living relative. There are no other animals in its family. Platypuses and echidnas are known as monotremes, and are the only two kinds of mammals in the world that lay eggs.
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∙ 13y agoThe platypus is quite unique and is not closely related to any other animal. It belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna (sometimes known as the spiny anteater), which is its only living relative. These animals are known as monotremes.
Platypuses and echidnas are the only two kinds of mammals in the world that lay eggs.
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∙ 12y agoThe platypus is quite unique and is not closely related to any other animal. It belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna (sometimes known as the spiny anteater), which is its only living relative. These animals are known as monotremes.
Platypuses and echidnas are the only two kinds of mammals in the world that lay eggs
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∙ 11y agoThe platypus is quite unique and it does not have any close relatives. It belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna (sometimes known as the spiny anteater), which is its only living relative. These animals are known as monotremes. Platypuses and echidnas are the only two kinds of mammals in the world that lay eggs.
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∙ 12y agoThe platypus does not have a cousin, being the only member of its family.
Its closest relative is the echidna, also a monotreme (egg-laying mammal).
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∙ 11y agoNo other animals are related to the platypus.
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What animals share the same genes as the platypus?
No animals share the same genes as the platypus. To suggest they do would be to suggest the platypus is a mixture of other animals which, or course, it is not.
What animals are related to the platypuse?
The echidnas are the only living relatives of the platypus.
Is the wild highland haggis or lowland haggis related to the platypus?
Not even remotely. The plattypus is real; the haggis is not. The haggis is more closely related to the jackalope and other fictitious animals.
What animals do you cross to get a platypus?
The platypus is a distinct and separate species of its own. It is not now, nor has ever been, a mix of any other animals.
What are the three animals a platypus resembles?
The platypus is completely unique, and does not resemble any other living animal.
What is the one thing that the platypus is different from the other animals?
It lays eggs while other animals give birth.
What animals are in the platypus kingdom?
All animals are in the "platypus kingdom", since the kingdom for the platypus is Animalia, which as you might guess from the name includes all animals.
What keeps the platypus together?
The platypus is not a mixture of other animals; therefore, nothing is required to keep it together, beyond its own skin.
What is the closest living relatives too a platypus?
No other animal looks like a platypus. It is completely unique.
What animals make up the platypus?
No other animals make up the platypus. It is a unique animal in its own right. It is not made up of ducks, beavers, otters or any other such creature as popular myth tends to perpetuate.
What lives with the platypus?
Platypuses are solitary animals. They do not live with others of their own species; nor do they live with other animals. Other animals which may live in the bushland nearby the platypus's home would include wallabies, koalas, possums, gliders, bandicoots and quolls.
Is a platypus a mutt?
No. Platypuses are not related to dogs in any way, except for the fact that both animals are classified as mammals.
