GK
BIOLOGY
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Question
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Monotremes are unique mammals because they
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posses hair
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give birth to live young
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secret milk in a pouch
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lay eggs
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Monotremes are different from other mammals because they lay eggs and have no teats. The milk is provided for their young by being secreted by many pores on the female’s belly.
Detailed explanation-2: -The monotremes are a group of highly specialised egg-laying predatory mammals, containing the platypus and echidnas. There are only five living species of monotreme, contained within two families: Family Ornithorhynchidae: the platypus, a single species in a single genus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is an egg-laying mammal. Platypus is considered a mammal as it has other mammalian features: It is warm-blooded. It has mammary glands that produce milk to nourish its young ones.
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