Question

An egg laying mammal is

(a) kangaroo

(b) platypus

(c) koala

(d) whale.

Answer 1

b) Platypus

Protherians are egg laying mammals they share character with reptiles.eg: Duck bill platy[pus.

The Platypus (ornithorinchyus anatinus) is a semi auatic animal endemic to eastrn Australia and Tasmania. Together with four species of echidna, it is one of the five species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to young.it is the sole living representative of its family(Orinthorhychindae) and genus (O rinthorhynchus), through a number of related species have beeen found in the fossil record.