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Yes. The spiny anteater, more correctly known as the echidna, is a monotreme. This means it is an egg-laying mammal which feeds its young on mothers' milk, one of only two such types of animals in the world. The other monotreme is the platypus.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe correct name for the spiny anteater is echidna, and it is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. Although it has the nickname of spiny anteater, it is not a member of the anteater family. True anteaters, on the other hand, are placental mammals.
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∙ 14y agoNo. The echidna, also known as the spiny anteater, is a monotreme, not a marsupial. It is an egg-laying mammal.
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∙ 13y agoNo - only the two species of echidna and the platypus are monotremes.
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∙ 12y agoYes. Oviparous means egg-laying. The spiny anteater (more correctly known as the echidna) lays eggs in order to reproduce. it is one of just two monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
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∙ 13y agoThe spiny anteater, more properly known as the echidna, is indeed a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
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∙ 12y agoYes. The echidna, also known as the spiny anteater, is a monotreme. Like the platypus, it is an egg-laying mammal.
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∙ 7y agoNo, they are not marsupials. But they are unique in that they are among the few egg-laying mammals.
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∙ 8y agoYes. The correct name for the spiny anteater is "echidna", and this egg-laying mammal is one of just two monotremes. The other monotreme is the platypus.
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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).
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 are spiny anteaters related to seals?
Very, very tenuously. Seals and spiny anteaters (echidnas) are both mammals. They are not, however, even the same type of mammals. Seals are placental mammals and echidnas are monotremes (egg-laying mammals).
How do spiny anteaters move?
Spiny anteaters, or echidnas, move with their feet.
What is the subset for a platypus?
Monotremes is the group it's in, and the only other animals in that catogory are two species of echidna (also known as spiny anteaters).
Why do spiny anteaters are spiny?
Because the name is spiny which makes them spiny
Is the danchie lizard also called the spiny anteater?
No. Spiny anteaters are not any type of lizard. Their proper name is "echidna", and they are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, found in Australia and on the island of New Guinea.
How many eggs do opossums lay?
True anteaters do not lay eggs.True anteaters should not be confused with "Spiny anteaters", more properly known as echidnas. These creatures are monotremes, meaning that they are egg-laying mammals, like platypuses.
Which is not a pouched mammal a wombat or spiny anteater?
Both spiny anteaters (echidnas) and wombats have a pouch. Wombats are marsupials, like most pouched mammals. Echidnas are not marsupials, but monotremes. Monotremes are egg laying mammals. Echidnas have a pouch so they can carry the egg they lay and, once the egg hatches, the baby echidna.
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.
Are spiny anteaters looked after by their parents?
Yes. Spiny anteaters, more correctly known as echidnas, are mammals, meaning they must be looked after by their mother if they are to survive. Even though echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, the female still suckles the young as any other female mammal does. The baby echidna is completely dependent on the mother for several months.
