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In a clade mammalian has the three descendents monotreme marsupials and eutheria. What will these three descendants together be called?
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What is a main characteristic of a Monotreme?
The main characteristic of a monotreme is that it is an egg-laying mammal, unlike marsupials and placental mammals which give birth to live young.
Is the bald eagle a monotreme marsupial or placental mammal?
No. Bald eagles are birds. Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals.
What are three mammals that eat insects?
Australia has many mammals (most of which are marsupials) that eat insects. They include:numbatsechidnas (a monotreme, not a marsupial)possums and glidersdunnartsplanigalesphascogales
Is a platypus an Australian marsupial?
No. The platypus is an Australian monotreme. The platypus is found nowhere else in the world apart from Australia. However, it is not a marsupial, as marsupials give both to live young. The platypus is classified as a monotreme because it is a mammal that lays eggs.
What is the other Australian marsupial other than the platypus that lays eggs?
The platypus is not a marsupial: it is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. Marsupials give birth to live young, and do not lay eggs. The other monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, is the echidna.
What are the three separate groups of mammals according to reproduction?
monotreme= lay eggs marsupials= pouches placental= giving normal birth, like humans
Is a whale a marsupial?
Seals are placental mammals, as the young complete their development within the mother's uterus, attached to a placenta. They do not have a pouch like most marsupials, and they do not lay eggs like monotremes.
Is a kangaroo a monotreme?
No. Kangaroos are marsupials whose young are attached in the uterus with a placenta, and complete development in a pouch. Monotremes (the Platypus and Echidna) are egg-laying mammals.
Where would you go to find both monotremes and marsupials?
Australia's native animals are all marsupials (apart from 80 species of bat, native mice, and the dingo which is not truly native). Australia also has two of the three monotreme species that exist in the world (the platypus and short-beaked echidna).
Is the bandicoot a monotreme?
No, they are a marsupial and not a monotreme. There are only 2 members in the monotreme category which are the echidna and the platypus.
Is a hippo a marsupial placental or monotreme?
The Hippopotamus is a placental mammal, in that its young gestate inside of the female, are are born after they have developed enough to survive outside of their mother. Marsupials females have a pouch within which they carry their young through early infancy. Monotreme females do not gestate their young within their bodies, but instead lay eggs like birds or reptiles.
What is the difference between a platypus and a monotreme?
A platypus is a monotreme.
