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What is unique about the indigenous Australian platypus and echidna?
Platypuses and echidnas are both monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals.
What are the Australian monotremes?
The Australian monotremes are the platypus and the short-beaked echidna. There is just one other species of echidna, the long-beaked echidna, which is found on the island of New Guinea.
What two mammals in the world that lay eggs?
The echidna and the platypus, which are both Australian.
What Australian animal does not have teeth?
Australian animals without teeth are the two monotremes - the platypus and the echidna. The platypus has grinding plates between which it crushes its food, while the echidna has a long, sticky tongue to capture termites and ants.
What are the two Australian animals that are the only mammals in the world that hatch from eggs?
platypus and echidna
Are the platypus and the echidna Australian?
Yes: both the platypus and the short-beaked echidna can be found in Australia. The short-beaked echidna is also found in a small area of New Guinea, while the long-beaked echidna is found in many parts of New Guinea, but not Australia.
Do monotremes live in Australia?
Yes, the short-beaked echidna and the platypus are both indigenous to Australia. The long-beaked echidna lives in the highlands of New Guinea.
Which of these is one of Australia's monotremes rather than one of its marsupials?
The platypus and the echidna are both Australian monotremes.
Is a ichidna Australian?
Echidna or spiny anteater egg laying mammal or monotreme indigenous to Australia
What is the gubbi gubbi name for platypus?
The Gubbi Gubbi name for the platypus is "burran." This Indigenous Australian language is spoken by the Gubbi Gubbi people, who are from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland. The platypus holds cultural significance in many Indigenous Australian cultures, often featuring in stories and traditional knowledge.
Can a platypus live in Louisiana?
The platypus is not indigenous to Louisiana, so it would naturally not be endangered there. In fact, the platypus is not endangered anywhere in the world. The Australian Government lists the platypus as "common but vulnerable". The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the platypus as "least concern".
Is platypus oviparous or viviparous?
The Platypus and the Echidna are the only mammals that are Oviparous.
