Question

How can you identify the animal is viviparous or oviparous.

Answer 1

Viviparous: Organisms that give birth to young ones

Number of offsprings are small

Have multiple reproductive cycles

All mammals, certain plant species (Rhizophora)

Oviparous: organisms that lay eggs

Number of offsprings can be many (insects, molluscs and crustaceans) or few.

some organisms may have a single reproductive cycle (certain insects, molluscs and crustaceans ) while fishes, amphibians, birds and reptiles have multiple reproductive cycle.