There are also 4 wire 4-20mA devices. These are generally instruments that have a lot more internal circuitry than can be powered off the loop. So they would have two extra terminals to accomodate a 24 VDC supply (or in some cases an AC mains supply). The output would still be 4-20mA. Temperature transmitters are simple enough that they should just be two wire. However, the temperature element itself, if separate from the transmitter, could be a thermocouple (2 wire), or an RTD (2, 3 or 4 wire).