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An echidna's body is covered with spikes, or spines. These spines are not poisonous, but they are sharp and offer the echidna protection from predators.
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Are Australian echidnas invertebrates?
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
When do echidnas hibernate?
Echidnas do not hibernate.
Is an echidna an invertebrate?
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
Do an eel have a backbone?
Yes. Like all mammals, echidnas are vertebrates.
Are echidnas vertebrates?
Yes. Echidnas are vertebrates. They are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates.
Do monotremes have fur?
Yes. Both types of monotremes - platypuses and echidnas - have fur and lay eggs. In addition, echidnas have sharp spines, but these protrude from its body through a layer of thick fur.
Does echidna have hair?
An Echidnas body is covered with hair to keep them warm
Are monotremes covered in skin?
Monotremes are covered with skin, but over the skin they have fur. Both platypuses and echidnas have fur, and echidnas also has sharp spines.
Are there muscles all over your body?
yes there are muscles all over the body
Are long beaked echidnas and porcupines from the same family?
Not at all. Echidnas and porcupines are not even remotely related. Echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. porcupines are placental mammals, a quite different order of mammals.
How do echidnas hibernate?
Echidnas do not hibernate.
Do echidnas hop?
No. Echidnas do not hop. They walk.
