Echidnas have a tiny mouth and a toothless jaw.
An echidna's "quills" are called spines. An echidna has hundreds of spines.
Echidnas are mammals (monotremes) with four legs.
Males have 63 and females have 64.
No, the echidna cannot jump. Its legs are too short.
The echidna does not have poison. Although it does have spurs on its hind legs (like the platypus) it is not poisonous.
If by "echind" you mean "echidna", the monotreme mammal (it lays eggs), it does indeed have four legs.
Echidnas breathe using lungs, the same as other mammals.
The echidna has a spur on its hind legs but, unlike the platypus, the spur is not attached to a functional venom gland. The spur is also blunt.
The spiny anteater, more correctly known as the echidna, does indeed have four legs. It is a mammal, and all terrestrial mammals have four legs.
The echidnaÊis fast, has short legs and sharp claws, which help them to dig their homes. The echidna is a mammal.Ê
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well, it is fast if you take in consideration that its legs are tiny and stubby. but compared to other animals it is slow.
There are only two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of New Guinea. There are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
Although many websites report that there are four species of echidna, officially there are only two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of New Guinea. There are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
There is no mammal which lays eggs and has scales.The only egg laying mammals, or monotremes, are the platypus and the echidna. The platypus has fur, and the echidna has fur and sharp spines.