<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Monotremata</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Platypoda</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Tachyglossa</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Mammalia</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>monotreme</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>monotremes</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to an egg-laying mammalian order four species classified in two suborders, extant members are the duck-billed platypus and the two species of echidna. Probably split from the lineage leading to other mammals in the Mesozoic. ]]></note></mads>