Your friend does not believe that a platypus can be a mammal because it lays eggs like a bird or reptile. What evidence do you use to defend your position that a platypus is a mammal?

1.It is endothermic.
2.It has a cloaca.
3.It has mammary glands for milk production.
4.It does not have teeth.


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