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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.
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Are monotremes covered in skin?
Monotremes are covered with skin, but over the skin they have fur. Both platypuses and echidnas have fur, and echidnas also has sharp spines.
How are monotremes and marsupials similar?
Monotremes and marsupials are both orders within the classification of marsupials.Because monotremes and marsupials are mammals, they are warm-blooded vertebrates with skin, fur or hair, and breathe using lungs.Monotremes and marsupials, along with placental mammals, feed their young on mothers' milk.Monotremes and marsupials are both found primarily (but not exclusively) on the Australian continent.
How are monotremes and marsupials the same?
Monotremes and marsupials are both mammals. They are warm-blooded vertebrates which have fur and breathe using lungs (instead of gills). As they are mammals, they both feed their young on mothers' milk.
Are monotremes only covered with skin?
No. The platypus is covered with dense, waterproof fur, and the echidna is covered with sharp spines.
What body covering does a monotreme have?
Monotremes are terrestrial egg-laying mammals, and as such they have fur. The platypus's fur is thick, velvety and waterproof, while the echidna has thick fur, through which grows a defensive set of sharp quills.
What do mammals and monotremes have in common?
Both are mammals, have a 4-chambered heart, body covering of fur or hair and both suckle their young.
What is a group of warm blooded animals with fur or hair called?
All mammals including the sub groups marsupials and monotremes.
What are Furred animals which lay eggs?
The only furred animals which lay eggs are the three species of mammals which lay eggs, known as monotremes. The only known monotremes are the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna.
Is a monotreme a mammal that lays eggs?
Yes,monotremes are mammals that lay eggs.They are special that there are only two kinds of monotremes.They are Echidna and Platypus.They both have mammary gland and fur or hair on their body.
Why are some mammals that lay eggs classified as mammals?
Monotremes lay eggs, as do reptiles. Monotremes' limbs go outward (rather than downward) from their main body, which is also true for reptiles. Monotremes lack a corpus callosum (which placental mammals have), as do reptiles. Monotremes and reptiles both have cloacas, while placental mammals have separate openings for urination and defecation. This evidence all shows monotremes to be a link between reptiles and mammals, but we now think that monotremes just evolved from an earlier branching from the mammalian tree of lineage than the marsupials and placental mammals evolved from. Monotremes are not a link between reptiles and mammals.
Are monotremes real?
Yes, monotremes are real.
Are platypuses mammals or reptiles?
Platypuses are mammals. They are warm-blooded, unlike reptiles, and they have fur, unlike reptiles which have scaly skin. Platypuses are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals.
