ECHIDNAS

Echidnas are native to Australia and New Guinea. They live up to 16 years old, and Echidnas are solitary animals.

Echidnas 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

The Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is found in south east New Guinea and also occurs in almost all Australian environments: from the snow-clad Australian Alps to the deep deserts of the Outback: essentially anywhere that ants and termites are available.

Echidnas mostly eat Termites and are often called "spiny anteater'. Echidnas are the worlds only egg-laying mammals.



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