Monotremata
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Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation”)
Proper noun
Monotremata
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – monotremes: echidnas and platypuses.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class
Hyponyms
- (order): Ornithorhynchidae, Tachyglossidae – extant families
- †Kollikodontidae, †Steropododontidae – extinct families
References
Monotremata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Monotremata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Monotremata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Monotremata in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Monotremata at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
