Monotremes are still classified as mammals because the young suckle on mother's milk. No other animal among the vertebrates does this - only mammals. They are also warm blooded and breathe through lungs, like mammals.
Marsupials do not lay eggs. Only monotremes lay eggs.The platypus and the echidna are both egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are still classified as mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk - a characteristic unique to mammals alone.
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There is no such thing as an "early mammal". Monotremes lay eggs, but there is a misconception that monotremes are the most primitive of mammals. Science has recently proven that monotremes are not primitive mammals at all.
Yes. Monotremes are egg-laying mammals; this group of mammals includes just platypuses and echidnas.
Yes. Monotremes are mammals which lay eggs.
No, they're mammals. Mammals don't lay eggs (except for monotremes).
'Monotremes' lay eggs, - they are the 'platypus' and the 'echidna'.
No. Monotremes are an unusual group of mammals which lay eggs.
Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs, such as the Echidna and the Platypus.
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No. Monotremes are the only mammals which lay eggs. Placental mammals give birth to live young.
No. Mammals which lay eggs are monotremes. Placental mammals and marsupials give live birth.