pa_HartTrish_08 Echidna -- short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) NatureBoi
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"Did you know that Echidna's are the only mammals that lay eggs?"
Steve
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"...........is that apart from the Duck Billed Platypus then?"
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The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), also called the short-nosed echidna, is one of four living species of echidna Family Tachyglossidae. is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its insect prey at a great speed. Like the other extant monotremes, the short-beaked echidna lays eggs. Order: Monotremata > Family: Tachyglossidae > Genus: Tachyglossus > Species: Tachyglossus aculeatus