Question #23c16

1 Answer
May 10, 2017

It does not have a uterus exactly like placental mammals.

Explanation:

The platypus is an egg laying mammal. The monotreme (group to which platypus belongs) uterus is duplex .
It functions more like the shell gland of birds. it does not nourish the fetus as a placental uterus does.
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