To begin with, the term "duckbill platypus" is clearly misleading and should not be used. It is the source of a great deal of misunderstanding.
The platypus, as it is simply called, is a mammal but unlike most mammals, it lay eggs. It is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. It shares no characteristics with birds of any description, because even its eggs a soft-shelled and leathery, unlike hard-shelled birds' eggs.
Though platypuses lay eggs, they are mammals as they have body hair.
A platypus is an Australian mammal that lays eggs.
the five most loved animals are unicorns, duck billed platypuses, dragons, leprechaun's and a triangle. However the animals that are kept as a pet the most are unicorns, duck billed platypuses, dragons, leprechauns and a triangle.
Duck billed platypus and Echidna are monotremes.
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There is no such creature as platipi, in either singular or plural form.A group of platypuses does not have any specific name - they are just platypuses.
No. The only similarity is that they are both animals. Platypuses are mammals: they are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals. Ducks are birds.
Platypuses are completely within their own category - a sub-group known as monotremes. Platypuses are definitely not a type of beaver. Beavers are placental mammals, while platypuses are monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals. Ducks are not even remotely related to platypuses, as they are birds.
There is no such species as a platypus fish. There is just the platypus, an egg-laying mammal endemic to the eastern states of Australia.
Examples of monotrame mammals are duck-billed platypus and two species of echidna (long-nosed and short-nosed).
Duck Billed Playpus and Spiny Echidnas are both egg laying mammals.