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    Monotreme (redirect from Monotremata)
    Monotremes (/ˈmɒnətriːmz/) are mammals of the order Monotremata. They are the only known group of living mammals that lay eggs, rather than bearing live...
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    living mammals that lay eggs and the only surviving members of the order Monotremata. The diet of some species consists of ants and termites, but they are...
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    animal) is an obsolete subclass of mammals which includes the living Monotremata and to which a variety of extinct groups, including Morganucodonta, Docodonta...
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    /ɔːrˌnɪθəˈrɪŋkɪdiː/ are one of the two extant families in the order Monotremata, and contain the platypus and its extinct relatives. The other family...
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    Information Facility. Retrieved 13 July 2021. Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Monotremata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A...
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    government, traditional hunting is permitted. Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Monotremata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A...
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    extinct mammals List of prehistoric mammals Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Monotremata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A...
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    geographical regions. The eastern long-beaked echidna is a member of the order Monotremata. Although monotremes have some of the same mammal features such as hair...
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    Chordata Clade: Amniota Clade: Synapsida Clade: Mammaliaformes Class: Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Living subgroups Monotremata Theria Marsupialia Placentalia...
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    three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata and Marsupialia. Placentalia contains the vast majority of extant mammals...
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    the clade originating with the most recent common ancestor of extant Monotremata, Marsupialia, and Placentalia. Besides Morganucodonta and the crown group...
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    Ziegler, T.; Veatch, E. G.; Helgen, K. M. (2022). "A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 46:...
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  • Mammals are divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes), and live birth mammals. The second subclass...
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  • Ziegler, T.; Veatch, E. G.; Helgen, K. M. (2022). "A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 46:...
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  • The class Mammalia (mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg-laying mammals (yinotherians or monotremes - see also...
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  • This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Papua New Guinea. There are 244 mammal species in Papua New Guinea, of which seven are critically endangered...
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    Flannery, T.F.; Groves, C.P. (1998). "A revision of the genus Zaglossus (Monotremata, Tachyglossidae), with description of new species and subspecies" (PDF)...
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    (2013). "A new, giant platypus, Obdurodon tharalkooschild, sp. nov. (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia"...
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    E. Grace; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2022-01-02). "A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 46...
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    recent work has found that the older Henosferidae is the sister taxon to Monotremata, with Ausktribosphenidae being the next sister taxa in Australosphenida...
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  • There are currently 1,258 genera, 161 families, 27 orders, and around 5,937 recognized living species of mammal. Mammalian taxonomy is in constant flux...
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    Australia List of monotremes and marsupials Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Monotremata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A...
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    Veatch, E. Grace; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2022). "A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 46...
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  • The following is a list of largest mammals by family. The largest of these insectivorous mammals is the giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox), native to...
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    Ziegler, T.; Veatch, E. G.; Helgen, K. M. (2022). "A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 46:...
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    culture The Hedgehog and the Fox Echidnas or "spiny anteaters" of order Monotremata (egg-laying mammals) Porcupines, two rodent families with spines or quills...
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    Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Monotremata Family: Ornithorhynchidae Genus: †Monotrematum Pascual et al. 1992 Species:...
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    Australosphenida? Monotremata †Allotheria? see Allotheria includes multituberculates Theriimorpha see below↓...
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    placentalian mammal species, and are unknown from several orders of mammals (Monotremata, Edentata, Pholidota, Chiroptera, Cetacea, Sirenia, and Proboscidea)...
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  • This is a list of mammals in Indonesia. It is derived from the IUCN Red List and includes those mammals that have been extinct since 1500. The following...
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