Q.Give the generic names of: an oviparous mammal; the flying fox; a burrowing mammal; a cartilaginous fish.
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The oviparous mammal — an egg-laying mammal, an exception to the typical mammalian pattern of viviparity — is Ornithorhynchus, the duck-billed platypus, a member of the egg-laying mammalian subclass Prototheria (monotremes), found in Australia.
The flying fox is Pteropus, a large, fruit-eating bat (a mammal of order Chiroptera) found across South and Southeast Asia, Australia and nearby regions, notable for its fox-like face and large wingspan among bats.
A representative burrowing mammal is Talpa, the common mole, adapted with powerful, broad, spade-like forelimbs specialised for digging through soil, and much-reduced eyes suited to its underground lifestyle. …
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