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    • monotremes
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Recent Observations

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What

Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 3, 2011

Place

Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park, NSW, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Between Mt Kuring-gai Station and Berowra Station.

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Photos

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What

Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Dec 9, 2009

Place

Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Queensland, Australia (Google, OSM)
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Photos

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What

Duck-billed Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Dec 23, 2009

Place

Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

2.

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Description from Wikipedia

Monotremes (from the Greek Word, monos 'single' + trema 'hole', referring to the cloaca) are mammals that lay eggs (Prototheria) instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials (Metatheria) and placental mammals (Eutheria).

No range data available.