What are examples of monotremes?

Answer 1

Monotremes are egg-laying mammals. The only monotremes in the world are the echidna and the platypus, both native only to Australia and New Guinea. There is one species of platypus, and two species of echidna: the short-beaked echidna of Australia and the long-beaked echidna of New Guinea. There are three sub-species of long-beaked echidna.

Monotreme means "one opening" as they have only one opening for faeces, urine and the laying of eggs. They are also the only mammals to lay eggs.

Answer 2

The only extant monotremes (mammals that lay eggs instead of producing by live birth) are the platypus and two species of echidna, the long-beaked echidna and the short-beaked echidna. Debate is still out on how many species of long-beaked echidna there are.

Answer 3

There are just three species of monotreme: the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna.

There are then three sub-species of the long-beaked echidna - the Eastern long-beaked echidna, Western long-beaked echidna and Sir David's long-beaked echidna.

Answer 4

There are two types of animals, but three species of monotremes. They are the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna.

Answer 5

Monotremes are egg-laying mammals. They include just the platypus and the echidna.

Answer 6

There are only two living monotremes: the platypus and the echidna.