Consider the following statements with respect to monotremes 1 Monotre...........

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Consider the following statements with respect to monotremes:

1. Monotremes are egg laying mammals.

2. Duck billed platypus and some species of ant eaters are examples of monotremes.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

both 1 and 2

neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs (Prototheria) instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials (Metatheria) and placental mammals (Eutheria). The only surviving examples of monotremes are all indigenous to Australia and New Guinea, although there is evidence that they were once more widespread. The existing monotreme species are the platypus and four species of echidnas. There is currently some debate regarding monotremetaxonomy.