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Does a spiny anteater live on land and give birth to young alive?
The spiny anteater, or echidna, lives on land. it does not give birth to live young, but lays eggs in order to reproduce. It is a monotreme, like the platypus.
Where do anteater live land or water?
They live on land.
Does a spiny anteater give birth to live young?
No. The proper name of the spiny anteater is echidna, and it is not related to anteaters at all. A female echidna lays a single egg every breeding season.
Does a spiny anteater gives birth to its young?
No. The spiny anteater, more properly known as the echidna, is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. It lays eggs in order to reproduce, rather than giving live birth.
How are the spiny anteater and the platypus different from other mammals?
The correct name for the spiny anteater is echidna. The echidna and platypus are different from other mammals because they are the only egg-laying mammals. All other mammals, both placentals and marsupials, give live birth.
Why was the spiny anteater hard to classify as a mammal?
The spiny anteater, also known as the echidna, belongs to the order Monotremata along with the platypus. This order is for egg-laying mammals, and the platypus and echidna are the only egg-laying mammals known to man. All other mammals give birth to live young. The echidna was hard to classify because it had all the other attributes of a mammal besides giving birth to live young.
Where does the spiny snailfish live?
the spiny snailfish lives in sewage water in the abyss of the ocean. they like the polution but dont realize that it kills them!
Where does the Spiny tailed lizard live?
Most Spiny tailed lizards live in North Africa
What kind of a habitat do a ant eater live in?
the spiny ant-eater lives in a sandy habitat. in the land down under.
Is an anteater a reptile?
No, they are related to armadillos and sloths. Ever hear of Wikipedia? Geez Giant anteaters are called "ant bears", as is the aardvark. No, anteaters are not really bears. "Anteater" refers to anteaters, aardvarks (ant bear, anteater, earth hog, earth pig)(related to the shrew, tenrec, hyrax, opossum), numbats (banded anteater)(a marsupial), echidna (spiny anteater)(a monotreme), and pangolin (scaly anteater)(not a reptile, they are mammals in the carnivore family and the scales are like fingernails or rhino horns). The closest cousin to the anteater is the sloth.
Do chameleons live on water or land?
they can live in both land and water
Do all anteaters lay eggs?
It bears a single offspring after a gestation period of 190 days, which will stay near the mother until she becomes pregnant again. The baby spends much of the first part of its life riding on its mother's back, until it is nearly half her size The Spiny anteater, more correctly known as the echidna, does lay eggs but it is not an anteater - it is a monotreme, and is completely different from regular anteaters (like the Giant anteater). Regular anteaters are in the family Vermilingua, (also known as xenarthrans and edentates, it contains anteaters, armadillos and sloths) Spiny anteaters are in the family monotremes (also known as Monotremata and egg-laying mammals, it contains Spiny anteaters and the platypus). Yes
