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Mammals in the order Monotremata lay eggs. There are just three species of animal in this order, and they are the platypus, short-beaked echidna (both of Australia) and the long-beaked echidna (found in New Guinea).

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Which order contains the one kind of mammal that lays eggs?

None - because there are two types of mammals which lay eggs. Monotremata is the order which contains the echidna and the platypus, both of which are egg-laying mammals. Monotremes is the order of mammals that lay eggs rather than giving live birth.


Name a mammal that is born from an egg?

Nothing can be "born" from an egg: it must be hatched. The order of mammals that lays eggs is Monotremata, or the monotremes. Platypus and Echidnas are the only monotremes, or mammals that lay eggs.


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Mammals don't lay eggs. The only mammal that lays eggs is a platypus, and they have leathery feeling eggs, but still a shell.


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