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The platypus and the echidna are the world's only two known egg-laying mammals. They are classified as monotremes.
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What animals are mostly oviparous and externally fertilized?
The Platypus and Echidna .
What other animals reproduce like the platypus?
The platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. The only other animal in this group is the echidna. There are two species of echidna: the short-beaked echidna, which is found in Australia, just like the platypus; and the long-beaked echidna, which is only found on the island of New Guinea.
Animals that are monotrems?
they are platypus ant eater hedgehog echidna and bob the builder
What animals hatch eggs?
Birds, most fish and insects, and the platypus and echidna.
What is the mammal group of the platypus?
The mammal group to which the platypus belong is monotremata.There are only two animals in that group: the platypus and the echidna, and they are known as monotremes.
What is a mammal that lays eggs and is herbivore?
No. Carnivores are meat-eating animals that hunt or prey on other animals. Lions are carnivores that are mammals but do not lay eggs.Egg-laying mammals are called monotremes. The only monotremes are the platypus and the two species of echidna.
What are the two Australian animals that are the only mammals in the world that hatch from eggs?
platypus and echidna
What characteristic of the platypus and echidna is very unusual among animals?
They are egg-laying mammals.
What animals belong to the platypus group?
The platypus is unique, and the only one in its genus. However, it belongs to a small subclass of mammals known as monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals. The only other animals in this group are the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna.
What animals are in the class of mammal called monotremes?
Monotremes include the platypus and short-beaked echidna of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna of New Guinea.
What are the 2 special mammals?
The platypus and the Echidna. They are special because they are the only mammals that lay eggs but suckle their young with mother's milk.
What Australian animal does not have teeth?
Australian animals without teeth are the two monotremes - the platypus and the echidna. The platypus has grinding plates between which it crushes its food, while the echidna has a long, sticky tongue to capture termites and ants.
