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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.
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 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.
Why is it incorrect to call the echidna a spiny ant eater?
The echidna is sometimes called a spiny anteater, but it bears no relation to anteaters. Anteaters are placental mammals, and echidnas are monotremes (egg-laying mammals).
