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Prototherians differ from all other mammals by the

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presence of cloaca

presence of pinna

absence of mammary glands

absence of diaphragm

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Prototherians have a cloaca. The anus and urinogenital aperture are separate in metatherians and eutherians. Pinna is absent in prototherians. The mammary glands and the diaphragm are present in all the mammals.Hence, the prototherian, duck billed platypus is considered a connecting link between the reptiles and mammals.

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