Subject:  Tachyglossidae
Date:  1997/11/06

Josh Hayes gneed:

> Platypi are not marsupials. They, along with spiny anteaters, are
> monotremes, and lay eggs. There are two families, with four species,
> in the order: the Tachyglossidae (spiny anteaters), with Zaglossus
> bruijni, the Bruijn long-nosed spiny anteater, Tachyglossus selosus,
> the Tasmanian short-nosed spiny anteater, and T. aculeatus, the
> Australian short-nosed spiny anteater, and the monotypic family
> Ornithorhynchidae, with the duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus
> anatinus.

I have dreams
Of monotremes
Like Tachyglossidae;
Anteaters vie
With platypi
In Memphis, Tennessee.

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