Echidna

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Echidnas
Western Long-beaked Echidna
Western Long-beaked Echidna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Family: Tachyglossidae
Gill, 1872
Species

Genus Tachyglossus
   T. aculeatus
Genus Zaglossus
   Z. attenboroughi
   Z. bruijnii
Z. bartoni

An Echnida looking for food

Echidna, the spiny anteater,[1] is a monotreme that lives in Australia and in New Guinea. They form the family Tachyglossidae.

Echnidas have a long, tube-like mouth with a sticky tongue, and they are also covered in spines. They have mammary glands, and lay eggs.

The echidna has a way of protecting itself. With its long, sharp claws, they quickly dig a hole until only their spines are accessible. The predator will not be able to get to it without injuring itself. When there is a fire, the Echidna will dig down out of reach of the fire.

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[change] Food

Spiny anteaters eat ants. They also eat other small insects. Echidnas pick up the bugs with their sticky tongues.

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