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Berkeley's introduction to monotremes, with information about their fossil record, biology, systematics, ecology and morphology.
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Introduction to the Monotremata There are only three living monotremes, the duck-billed platypus and two species of echidna, or spiny anteaters such as the one shown at left. All of them are found only in Australia and New Guinea. Monotremes are not a very...Information about platypus (Ornythorhynchus), platypus research in Tasmania, and the two echidna species (Tachyglossus and Zaglossus). Includes photographs of hatching and young echidnas.
http://www.healthsci.utas.edu.au...e/research/mono/Monotremata.html