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Yes, echidnas are a type of mammal called monotremes, which means a mammal that lays eggs.
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∙ 10y agoYes , an echidna is a specialised mammal known as a monotreme.
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Are Australian echidnas invertebrates?
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
Are echidnas vertebrates?
Yes. Echidnas are vertebrates. They are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates.
Is an echidna an invertebrate?
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
Do an eel have a backbone?
Yes. Like all mammals, echidnas are vertebrates.
Do echidnas have dry scales?
No. Echidnas are mammals, and mammals do not have scales. Echidnas have skin covered by thick fur, and spines growing throughout the thick fur.
Are long beaked echidnas and porcupines from the same family?
Not at all. Echidnas and porcupines are not even remotely related. Echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. porcupines are placental mammals, a quite different order of mammals.
Are echidnas born or hatched?
Echidnas are hatched. They are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
Do echidnas have backbones?
yes they are mammals
Do Echidnas have a vertebra?
Yes. They are mammals.
Are platypuses and echidnas the only two mammals that lay eggs?
Yes. Platypuses and echidnas are the only monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
What do echidnas feed their young?
Echidnas are mammals, despite being egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. Therefore, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
What word is to described the platypuses and echidnas?
Platypuses and echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
