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The spiny anteater, more correctly known as the echidna, lays small, leathery eggs which are about the size of a grape. They average 13mm to 15 mm in diameter.

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What type of anteaters lay eggs?

The true anteaters, such as the giant anteater, do not lay eggs. There is a creature called the echidna, or spiny anteater, which lays eggs. Although it eats ants, it is not closely related to the true anteaters.


Does a spiny anteater give birth or lay eggs?

Spiny ant anteaters lay eggs. Although,they are mammals,they are the type of mammals that lay eggs.Hope this answer was useful.


How do spiny anteaters move?

Spiny anteaters, or echidnas, move with their feet.


Why do spiny anteaters are spiny?

Because the name is spiny which makes them spiny


Who is enchinda mammals?

The echidnas are spiny anteaters. They are one of only 2 mammals that give birth in. eggs


How many legs does spiny anteater have?

Spiny Anteater have four legs...


Are anteaters placental?

Yes. Anteaters are placental mammals because they do not have a pouch like most marsupials, and they do not lay eggs like the monotremes. The echidna, which is sometimes called the "spiny anteater", is not a true anteater. It is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.


How many legs do anteaters have?

Spiny anteaters, more correctly known as echidnas, have four legs.


Do spiny anteaters have lungs?

Yes. Spiny anteaters, more correctly known as echidnas, are mammals. All mammals breathe using lungs. Therefore, echidnas have lungs.


Do platypuses and spiny anteaters give birth to young alive?

No. Platypuses and spiny anteaters, more correctly known as echidnas, are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The young are hatched, not born.


What do spiny anteaters use for shelter?

Spiny anteaters, more properly known as echidnas, may shelter in hollow or rotting logs; they may dig burrows; or they shelter under bushes.


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