What amphibious Australian mammal lays eggs?

Answer 1

The platypus is an egg-laying mammal which swims regularly in order to hunt for food.

It should be noted that the other egg-laying mammal, the echidna, can also swim, but it does not need the water like platypuses do.

Answer 2

Apart from the platypus and the echidna, there are no other mammals which lay eggs.

There are just three known species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes, and two of them are found in Australia: the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia.

In addition, the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) is found in New Guinea. The echidna is sometimes called the spiny anteater, and there are several sub-speciesof the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.

Answer 3

Both the platypus and the echidna are egg-laying mammals. They belong to the group known as monotremes and, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.

Only the platypus is exclusively Australian, however. The short-beaked echidna is found in both Australia and Papua New Guinea, while the long-beaked echidna is found only on the island of New Guinea.

Answer 4

An egg-laying animal is called oviparous. There are many oviparous animals in Australia. All birds, as well as some reptiles, fish and almost all amphibians lay eggs, as well as many arthropods.

If the question means which mammals which lay eggs, the answer is monotremes. The only known monotremes are the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna.

Answer 5

There are just three known species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes, and two of them are found in Australia. They are the platypus and short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia.

In addition, the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) is found in New Guinea. The echidna is sometimes called the spiny anteater, and there are several sub-speciesof the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.

Answer 6

There are two Australian mammals which lay eggs. They are the platypus (often incorrectly called the 'duck billed platypus') and the short-beaked echidna. These creatures are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.

Answer 7

There are two.

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) lives in Australia and lays eggs, as does the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). There is also the long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii), but it is found only on the island of New Guinea. The short-beaked echidna may also be found in New Guinea.

Echidnas are sometimes known as spiny anteaters but they are not related to anteaters at all. After mating, the female echidna lays a single egg in a small pouch on her body. The egg hatches after about 10 days, and the young echidna remains in the pouch for a few weeks before being transferred to a burrow. Platypuses, in the other hand, lay one to three eggs in a chamber at the end of a ling burrow. The platypus incubates her eggs by curling tightly around them for ten days until they hatch.

The platypus and the echidna are the only living examples of monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. Like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.

Answer 8

The platypus fits this description. It is an egg-laying mammal, and while it lives on dry land, it is semi-aquatic, hunting for its food in water.

The platypus is not the only egg-laying mammal. There are three known species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are the platypus and short-beaked echidna(Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of New Guinea.

Answer 9

There are two mammals that can lay eggs. They are the platypus and the echidna. These egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes.