#prototherian primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia Tasmania and New Guinea
supertype: #mammal any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
subtype: #monotreme__egglayingmammal the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
subtype: #echidna__spiny_anteater__spinyanteater__anteater burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
subtype: #spiny_anteater__spinyanteater__echidna__anteater New Guinea echidnas
subtype: #duck-billed_platypus__platypus__duckbill__duckbilled_platypus__Ornithorhynchus_anatinus small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
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