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What are mammals that lay eggs called?

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Mammals that lay eggs are monotremes. The only known monotremes are platypuses and echidnas.

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The group of mammals that lay eggs are called?
Monotremes. There are only three kinds: the platypus and the short-beaked echidna, both native to Australia, and the long-beaked echidna, native to neighboring New Guinea.
When an animal is a mammal and it lays eggs what is it called?
Egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes. They are of the Order monotremata.There are three species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the...
Are mammals that lay eggs called placentals?
No. Mammals which lay eggs are monotremes. Placental mammals and marsupials give live birth.
What is the smallest mammal that lays eggs?
The only mammals which lay eggs are the small group known as monotremes. The smallest egg-laying mammal, or monotreme, is the platypus. The platypus weighs, at most, 1.7kg while the echidna can...
How many mammals lay eggs?
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...