The duck-billed platypus is a mammal that lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young. To which one of the following claims would this be a counterexample?

(A) Giving birth to live young suffices for being a mammal
(B) If something gives birth to live young, it is a mammal
(C) Something is a mammal if it gives birth to live young
(D) Something is a mammal only if it gives birth to live young


(D) Something is a mammal only if it gives birth to live young

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