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What animals are related to the platypuse?
The echidnas are the only living relatives of the platypus.
What scientific class is the platypus in?
The scientific class of the platypus is Mammalia.Its order is Monotremata , making it a monotreme.Platypuses and echidnas are the only monotremes.
What other animals are related to the platypus?
The platypus is quite unique and is not closely related to any other animal. It belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna (sometimes known as the spiny anteater), which is its only living relative. These animals are known as monotremes.Platypuses and echidnas are the only two kinds of mammals in the world that lay eggs.
What have hair and lay eggs?
Platypus and echidnas.
What are the cousins of the platypuses?
The platypus has no "cousins".The closest relative to the platypus is the echidna, because echidnas and platypuses are the only egg-laying mammals, known as monotremes.
Who are platypus related to?
Platypuses are monotremes and their nearest relatives are Echidnas.
Is the echidna poisonous?
No. The echidna has no venom in its spines or anywhere else. Like a platypus, the male echidna has a spur on its hind leg, but unlike the male platypus, the echidna's spur is not connected to a venom gland.
What animals have hair and lay eggs?
The platypus and echidna are the only mammals that have hair and lay eggs. They are both unique egg-laying mammals known as monotremes. These animals are found in Australia and surrounding regions.
What is monotrems?
Monotrems is an example of a mammal that lay eggs like echidnas and platypus
Is a mountain lion born or hatched?
no the lion is a mammal the only mammal to lay eggs is a platypus?
Which kind of two species does a platypus have?
There is only one species of platypus. Echidnas, the other type of monotreme, have two species - the short-beaked echidna of Australia and the long-beaked echidna of Papua New Guinea.
Does a spiny ant eater lay eggs?
"Spiny anteater" is the name some people call the Echidnas. Yes, all the species of Echidna do lay eggs, just like the duck-billed platypus. The platypus and Echidnas are the only mammals that lay eggs, and all the egg-laying mammals are called the Monotremata or monotremes.
