There are a few mammals--the monotremes--that lay eggs and do not have breasts, but they do produce milk for their young. (Live birth also occurs in a variety of non-mammalian species; it is not a diagnostic characteristic for class mammalia.) |
There are a few mammals--the monotremes--that lay eggs and do not have mammary glands, but they do produce milk for their young. (Live birth also occurs in a variety of non-mammalian species; it is not a diagnostic characteristic for class mammalia.) |