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  • Monotremes defy the English word mammal, which implies breasts, or at least nipples.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • Monotremes defy the English word mammal, which implies breasts, or at least nipples.

    Monotremata 2006

  • The Monotremes are a much less diverse group than the Theriiforms the non-egg-laying mammals; that doesn’t mean the classification is invalid.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups 2010

  • After the chapter on the Platypus here called a Duck-mole there is this intriguing paragraph: The already described Monotremes should perhaps be followed by a recently discovered, unnamed animal of the interior of Australia.

    Life of Animals tellurian 2009

  • Monotremes also lactate, but have no defined nipples, excreting the milk from their mammary glands via openings in their skin.

    Monotremata 2006

  • Monotremes are sometimes called Prototheria, in contrast with Metatheria (marsupials) and Eutheria (placental mammals).

    Monotremata 2006

  • Monotremes, a mammalian order consisting of the platypus and four species of echidna, are best known and perhaps most succinctly described as egg-laying mammals.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • Monotremes, a mammalian order consisting of the platypus and four species of echidna, are best known and perhaps most succinctly described as egg-laying mammals.

    Monotremata 2006

  • Monotremes are sometimes called Prototheria, in contrast with Metatheria (marsupials) and Eutheria (placental mammals).

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • Monotremes got an odd assortment and probably belong in their own class.

    Shooting Yourself In The Foot « UDreamOfJanie 2006

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