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The spiny anteater, more properly known as the echidna, is a mammal, so it does indeed feed its young on mothers' milk.
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How do Anteater feed their young?
Spiny anteaters, more properly known as echidnas, are mammals. Therefore, they feed their young with mothers' milk.
Do spiny anteater feed their babies with milk?
Echidnas, or spiny anteaters, are mammals. Therefore, they do feed their young with mothers' milk. This is one of the defining characteristics of a mammal.
Why one scientist thinks that spiny anteaters are mammals?
All scientists believe that spiny anteaters (more correctly known as echidnas) are mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk. This is the defining characteristic of a mammal.
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.
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
How do spiny anteaters differ from reptiles?
Spiny anteaters, more correctly known as echidnas, are mammals, not reptiles. Although they are one of two types of monotremes (egg-laying mammals), they have all the other characteristics of a mammal. They have skin covered in fur and quills, not scaly skin like reptiles have. The primary difference is that they feed their young on mothers' milk. This is the defining characteristic that classifies them as mammals.
What is the synonym for echidna 'spines'?
Spiny Anteater is another name for the echidna. However, echidnas are not related to anteaters at all, despite the name. Echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, while anteaters a placental mammals. Echidnas have sharp spines, hence the name 'spiny' and they feed primarily on termites, as well as ants.
How many legs do anteaters have?
Spiny anteaters, more correctly known as echidnas, have four legs.
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.
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.
