Tachyglossa (order)

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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.
Tachyglossa
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024