Tachyglossa (order)
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class)
Descripción
With the platypus, Tachyglossa are the only egg-laying mammals. The female lays a single soft-shelled, leathery egg, deposits it directly into her pouch, where there are no nipples, but after hatching the young echidna sucks milk from the pores of the two milk patches.
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Otros términos
- echidnas [en]