mammals that lay eggs are called what
Back to Animals. 1  Live young-Most mammals give birth to live young (instead of laying eggs like birds or reptiles). 2  Marsupials-Marsupials are special types of mammals that carry their young in a pouch. 3  Egg laying-A few mammals lay eggs, they are called monotremes. 4  A giraffe's tongue is 20 inches long. 5  A hard working mole can dig a hole up to 300 ...
This animal may have sharp spines, but it isn't a porcupine! It's one of two types of primitive egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. (The other is the duck-billed platypus.).