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Monotremes
Order Monotremata
Term | Definition |
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Monotypic; contains the duck-billed platypus. | Family Ornithorhynchidae |
Monotypic; contains the duck-billed platypus. | Family Ornithorhynchidae |
Contains the short-beaked and western long-beaked echidna. | Family Tachyglossidae |
True/False. Monotremes have mammary glands. | True. Females do not have teats, however. |
Cloaca | Shared opening for fecal, urinary, and reproductive tracts. |
Teeth are _______. | Edentate |
True/False. Monotremes have mammary glands. | True. Females do not have teats, however. |
Jugal bones are _______. | Absent |
All monotremes have _______ teeth. | Edentate |
The corpus callosum is _______. | Absent |
Jugal bones are _______. | Absent |
Platypus live in _______. | Australia |
The corpus callosum is _______. | Absent |
Platypus live in _______. | Australia |
Platypus rely on _______ to hunt, using it to sense electric fields generated by the muscle contractions of prey. | Its soft, pliable bill |
In platypus reproduction, only the _______ is functional. | Left ovary |
True/False. Like the platypus, the echidna has electroreceptors in its "beak". | True |
Echnida diet is primarily based on _______. | Ants (and other insects) |
Subclass _______ | Prototheria |
Order _______ | Monotremata |