The echidna is one of a small group of unique egg-laying mammals in Australia.
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All About The Echidna
The Echidna is one of the special types of animals found primarily in New Guinea or Australia called a monotreme. These is a rare family of animals which are mammals, but which also just happen to lay eggs to bear their young. There are only a few of these rare types of animals which do both. Another animal which is a monotreme is the Platypus.The Echidna almost looks like it was put together with left-over bits and pieces of other animals, having a long snout, webbed paws and spines scattered throughout its dense coat. Echidnas are toothless and have sticky tongues like anteaters.
What do Echidnas eat?
Echidnas eat mostly grubs and termites.
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- Echidna/Spiny Anteater Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
- Echidna/Spiny Anteater Printout. The Echidna (also known as the Spiny Anteater) is a primitive, egg-laying mammal that lives in Australia.
- San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Echidna
- "It's a porcupine!" "It's a hedgehog!" "It's an echidna?" Zoos with echidnas hear these comments all the time.
- Echidnas
- These spiny termite eaters are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. They might look a bit scary, but they're actually quite shy.
- Echidna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Echidnas, sometimes also referred to as "spiny anteaters", are the only surviving monotremes apart from the Platypus. The four surviving species, native to New Guinea and Australia, all belong to the Tachyglossidae family. The echidna is named after a monster in ancient Greek mythology.
- Short-Beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus
- Echidnas, or spiny ant eaters as they are sometimes known, are familiar to most Australians. Echidnas are monotremes (mammals that lay eggs).
- Echidna Central - Echidnas on the Web
- Everything about echidnas. Includes resources on echidna biology, photographs, zoos with echidnas, conservation, etc.
- Plants & Animals: Echidna
- Echidnas are widely distributed throughout the Australian continent and Tasmania. Although not commonly seen, they are not considered threatened.
