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Duck billed platypus and Echidna are

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Placental Mammals

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Egg Laying Mammals

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Marsupial Mammals

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Primates

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Solution

The correct option is B Egg Laying Mammals
Platypus and Echidna are warm-blooded animals. They belong to Mammalia because they have hair on their body and produce milk from mammary glands to feed their young ones. However, they lay eggs. Thus the correct answer is option B.

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