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Yes. Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs. There are three species of monotremes:
- Platypus - indigenous to Australia alone
- Short-beaked echidna, sometimes known as the spiny anteater - found in Australia and a small region in New Guinea.
- Long-beaked echidna - found in the New Guinea highlands
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Are mammals monotremes or marsupials?
Monotremes and marsupials are both types of mammals along with placental mammals
What are the three types of mammals?
The three types of mammals are:Placental mammals, or Eutherians. This is the largest group of mammals.Marsupials (often referred to as the "pouched mammals")Monotremes, or egg-laying mammals
What are the three main groups of mammals?
Monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals.
List three affixes and inflections in the words ova monotremes and holoblastic?
For ova it is "a", for monotremes it is "s" and for holoblastic it is "ic."
What are the only three living species of monotremes?
The only three living species of monotremes are the platypus and two species of echidna (short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna). Monotremes are egg-laying mammals found in Australia and New Guinea.
What animal is a monotreame?
Monotremes are the egg laying mammals. Platypus, Long Nosed Echidna and Short Nosed Echidna are the only three monotremes.
What is the correct name for an egg-laying mammal?
Egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes. They are of the Order monotremata.There are three species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna.
What are the three species of monotremes?
There are just three species of monotreme: the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna. Of the three species, the long-beaked echidna is the largest.
How do monotremes lay eggs?
The only monotremes are the platypus and the echidna. Platypuses lay one to three eggs at a time. Echidnas usually lay just a single egg.
Do monotremes have fur?
Yes. Both types of monotremes - platypuses and echidnas - have fur and lay eggs. In addition, echidnas have sharp spines, but these protrude from its body through a layer of thick fur.
What is the most famous monotreme?
There are two types of monotremes, the echidnas and the platypus. Everybody knows what a platypus is. However, very few people know what an echidna is. So platypus are the most famous monotremes.
What is lay eggs?
There are no egg-laying marsupials. There are, however, two types of mammals which are egg-laying, and they are known as monotremes. Platypuses and echidnas are both monotremes, the only known egg-laying mammals.
