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Top: Science: Biology: Flora_and_Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Mammalia: Monotremata
The monotremes are the egg-laying mammals. Like reptiles and birds, they lay eggs rather than having live birth. The only living representatives of this group are the platypus and the echidnas (spiny anteaters).Living monotremes are found only in Australia and New Guinea.
The Tachyglossidae are the echnidnas, or spiny ant eaters. These are a group of spine covered, insectivorous, monotreme mammals with claws and a slender snout. There are two genera: the curved-beaked echidna (Zaglossus or Proechidna) of New Guinea and the smaller, straight beaked echidna (Tachyglossus), represented by several species throughout Australia and southern New Guinea.
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