The platypus is a monotreme, not a marsupial and there are just 2 species of monotreme mammals. As well as the platypus, there is the long-beaked echidna and the short-beaked echidna. These are the only known monotremes.
It isn't. There are two egg-laying mammals. 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'...
Yes. There are two egg-laying mammals. 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...
No; only the female can lay eggs, as with all vertebrate species which lay eggs. The female platypus lays the egg and incubates it. The male has nothing to do with the young.
Yes.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.