The egg-laying mammals: the only living mammal order whose members reproduce by laying eggs rather than giving birth to live young, though they still nurse their hatchlings with milk. Monotremata is confined to Australia and New Guinea and includes the platypus and the echidnas.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Monotremata
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