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Monotremes (/ˈmɒnətriːmz/) are
mammals of the
order Monotremata. They are the only
group of
living mammals that lay eggs,
rather than
bearing live young...
- the five
extant species of
monotremes,
mammals that lay eggs
instead of
giving birth to live young. Like
other monotremes, the
platypus has a
sense of...
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Echidnas (/ɪˈkɪdnəz/),
sometimes known as
spiny anteaters, are quill-covered
monotremes (egg-laying mammals)
belonging to the
family Tachyglossidae /tækiˈɡlɒsɪdiː/...
- the
metatherians (including the marsupials) but
excludes the egg-laying
monotremes and
various extinct mammals evolving prior to the
common ancestor of placentals...
- All amphibians, reptiles, birds,
cartilaginous fish and a few
mammals (
monotremes, afrosoricids, and
marsupial moles, etc.) have this ****, from which...
- "extend", and λόφος (lóphos),
meaning "crest", is a
genus of
teinolophid monotreme that
lived during the late
Barremian age of the
Early Cretaceous. It is...
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Steropodon is a
genus of
prehistoric platypus-like
monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. It
contains a
single species,
Steropodon galmani, that
lived about...
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Parvopalus (meaning "small opal") is an
extinct genus of
monotreme mammal from the Late
Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Griman Cr****
Formation of Australia. The...
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Madagascar and Argentina, and
Cretaceous of
Australia and Argentina.
Monotremes have also been
considered a part of this
group in its
original definition...
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extant mammalian species,
dominated by the marsupials, but also
including monotremes and placentals. The
marsupials evolved to fill
specific ecological niches...
