Only poisonous mammal is

Ornithorhynchus

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Echidna

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Guinea pig

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Snake

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Solution

The correct option is A Ornithorhynchus
The platypus or Ornithorhynchus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal. The platypus is the mammal that produces poison. Male platypus has a pair of spurs on their hind limbs which secrete venom seasonally. They use the venom for competition of mates only and not for protection. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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