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Chances are that the answer to this question is supposed to be the platypus and echidna because they are egg-laying mammals and thus considered to be primitive. (Incidentally, one species of echidna is also found in Papua New Guinea.) However, modern science has discarded such old-fashioned concepts, and scientists tend to agree that the platypus and echidna are both highly advanced creatures, and not primitive at all.
What else can I help you with?
Does a platypus live in Latin America?
Only as pets or on zoos; these animals are from Australia.
Do Dingo's only live in Australia?
Yes, dingos only live in Australia.
What country do platypuses live in and why?
Platypuses are found only in Australia. The lack of natural predators in that country has enabled these harmless yet elusive animals to sufvive there.
What is the group name for special animals found only in Australia?
Native animals, as they only live in Australia and nowhere else in the world, so therefore they are native to Australia, e.g. Kiwis (as in the bird) only live in New Zealand because of what the habitat in New Zealand offers kiwis, this means that kiwis are a native New Zealand animal, and are not found anywhere else in the world in a habitat (not in a zoo).
What is an echinada?
Do you perhaps mean an echidna ? If you do, it is a type of anteater that lives in Australia. It is a monotreme, a very primitive type of mammal that lays eggs. There are only three monotremes : the duckbilled platypus and two species of echidna that live in different parts of australia.
Do platypuses eat squirrels?
No. To begin with, platypuses and squirrels live on completely different continents. Platypuses live only in Australia, and there are no squirrels in Australia. Secondly, platypuses do not eat larger live animals. They hunt for small crustaceans and insect larvae which live on the bottom of creeks and rivers.
What animals live in Asia and Australia?
Animals which live in eastern Australia include:bandicootsEastern grey kangaroosWestern grey kangaroosspotted tailed quolls and eastern quollsTasmanian devils (Tasmania only)brush-tailed possumsringtail possumsgliders such as sugar gliders, mahogany gliders, greater gliders, feathertail gliders, yellow-bellied gliders and squirrel glidersplatypusesechidnasmany species of wallabies
Are lions and tigers Australian animals?
lions and tigers do not live in Australia, so they are not Australian animals. Kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, koalas are native Australian animals, because they were not brought into Australia. What makes an animal australian? An Australian animal is one that lives in Australia. Lions and tigers may be brought to Australia to live wildly in the future, and then they will be called Australian. But not native.
What animals live in Bombay India?
Bubbles are the only animals that live in India
What animals are producers of the desert of Australia?
Only plants are producers. All animals are consumers.
Where does the king cobra live in Australia?
only in the zoo, they are not native to Australia.
Do platypuses live in India?
No. Platypuses can only be found in Australia. Specifically, they live in the eastern half of Australia.
