Question: Is there 5 monotremes or 2 monotremes?

Asked by pnemonoultramicroscopicsillicovolcanoconiosis to Dustin on 16 May 2012.

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  1. Photo: Dustin WelbourneDustin Welbourne
    answered on 16 May 2012:

    Hi pnemonoultramicroscopicsillicovolcanoconiosis

    Well I imagine you are referring to still living species of monotreme. In that sense there are 5 species still living.

    Two species in Australia, platypus and short beaked echidna, and three species of long beaked echidna in new guinea.

    There were other species, however, have gone extinct.

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  1. Photo: pnemonoultramicroscopicsillicovolcanoconiosispnemonoultramicroscopicsillicovolcanoconiosis
    commented on 16 May 2012:

    so they would be Ornythithyricus anatinus, Tachyglossus aculeatus, Zaglossus bartoni, Zaglossus attenboroughi and zaglossus bruijni. Thanks Dustin =D

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