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Record 1 2018-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

Monotremes - the egg laying (Oviparous) mammal - live only in Australia, lay eggs and feed hatchlings with milk. Duck bill platypus and spiny ant eater are only 2 examples. They are the connecting link between early reptiles and mammals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

L'ornithorynque et les échidnés sont les seuls mammifères ovipares : ils pondent des œufs comme les reptiles par leur cloaque.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
CONT

Hay mamíferos ovíparos que comparten características de mamífero y de reptil, que se denominan monotremas. A estos mamíferos que ponen huevos pertenece el ornitorrinco y el equidna.

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