Multiple choice

Vivipary is a common phenomenon in mammals. However, members of one order of the class mammalia are an exception. They do not give birth to young ones. Which one of the following orders constitutes the exception?

  1. Sirenia

  2. Cetacea

  3. Monotremata

  4. Dermoptera
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Monotremata is the order of egg-laying mammals (e.g., platypus, echidna), which are the exception to the general mammalian characteristic of vivipary.

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