Tachyglossa (order)
- Scope note
- With the platypus, Tachyglossa are the only egg-laying mammals. The female lays a single soft-shelled, leathery egg, deposits it directly into her pouch, where there are no nipples, but after hatching the young echidna sucks milk from the pores of the two milk patches.
- Date of creation: 18-Nov-2024
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024