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Monotreme ( Scots )

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Monotremes (frae the Greek μονός monos "single" + τρῆμα trema "hole", referrin tae the cloaca) are mammals that lay eggs (Prototheria) insteid o givin birth tae live young lik marsupials (Metatheria) an placental mammals (Eutheria).

References

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  2. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1–2. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  3. Bonaparte, C. L. (1837). "A New Systematic Arrangement of Vertebrated Animals". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 18 (3): 258. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1838.tb00177.x.
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Monotreme: Brief Summary ( Scots )

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Monotremes (frae the Greek μονός monos "single" + τρῆμα trema "hole", referrin tae the cloaca) are mammals that lay eggs (Prototheria) insteid o givin birth tae live young lik marsupials (Metatheria) an placental mammals (Eutheria).

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