What biome does an echidna live in?

Answer 1

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of the reasons why they are not threatened by habitat loss. They live anywhere from bushland and woodlands, rocky areas as long as the soil is loose enough to dig, snowy mountains, sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants.

Echidnas in the south of Australia are nocturnal, but northern echidnas can frequently be seen during the day. In extreme weather they tend to stay in shelter, whether it be under rocks, within fallen trees or digging themselves into the ground.

The echidna found throughout Australia is the short-beaked echidna. It is also found in the lowlands of southeast New Guinea. The long-beaked echidna is a rarer species, found only in New Guinea. It ranges from low-level coastal regions to rainforests in mountainous areas.

Answer 2

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of the reasons why they are not threatened by habitat loss. They live anywhere from bushland and woodlands, rocky areas as long as the soil is loose enough to dig, snowy mountains, sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants.

Echidnas in the south of Australia are nocturnal, but northern echidnas can frequently be seen during the day. In extreme weather they tend to stay in shelter, whether it be under rocks, within fallen trees or digging themselves into the ground.

The echidna found throughout Australia is the short-beaked echidna. It is also found in the lowlands of southeast New Guinea. The long-beaked echidna is a rarer species, found only in New Guinea. It ranges from low-level coastal regions to rainforests in mountainous areas.

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Answer 3

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of the reasons why they are not threatened by habitat loss. They live anywhere from bushland and woodlands, rocky areas as long as the soil is loose enough to dig, snowy mountains, sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants.

Answer 4

Because ehidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, their habitat is wide and varied. They live anywhere from dense native bushland to open woodlands, grasslands, heath, desert plains or even rocky mountain terrain, as long as the soil is loose enough to dig. They are also found in sub-alpine mountains, where the vegetation is tussock grass. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants. They may shelter under rocks, within fallen trees or dig themselves into the ground.

The echidna found throughout Australia is the short-beaked echidna. It is also found in the lowlands of southeast New Guinea. The long-beaked echidna is a rarer species, found only in New Guinea. It ranges from low-level coastal regions to rainforests in mountainous areas.

Answer 5

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of the reasons why they are not threatened by habitat loss. They live anywhere from bushland and woodlands, rocky areas as long as the soil is loose enough to dig, snowy mountains, sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants.

Echidnas in the south of Australia are nocturnal, but northern echidnas can frequently be seen during the day. In extreme weather they tend to stay in shelter, whether it be under rocks, within fallen trees or digging themselves into the ground.

The echidna found throughout Australia is the short-beaked echidna. It is also found in the lowlands of southeast New Guinea. The long-beaked echidna is a rarer species, found only in New Guinea. It ranges from low-level coastal regions to rainforests in mountainous areas.

Answer 6

The echidna is an egg-laying mammal of Australia and New Guinea, and ideally suited to its environment.

• It has a long tongue with sticky saliva, with which it eats termites and ants.
• It has long snout which makes it easy for the echidna to burrow for ants, termites and, for the long-beaked echidna, worms and larvae.
• During breeding season, the female echidna develops a pouch, where she lays and incubates her egg. Although the pouch is little more than a fold of skin, it protects the egg from would-be predators such as goannas and snakes.
• The echidna has sharp claws for digging, and this ability to dig effectively is helped by its compact, muscular body shape and strong forelegs. When threatened, they can dig very, very quickly into the earth, disappearing horizontally, leaving only their quills exposed while they burrow.
• The echidna is very adaptable, living in a wide variety of climates and environments, from sub-alpine regions to arid semi-desert - wherever there are termites and ants (Or, in New Guinea, wherever there are worms, larvae and other arthropods).
• Echidnas burrow as a protective defence, leaving only the spines exposed to the potential predator.
• Echidnas are able to tolerate high levels of carbon dioxide, a necessity for an animal which burrows for protection (and sometimes for food). Because of this, they can also tolerate lower oxygen levels, and this is useful when bushfires occur.
• When flash floods occur, echidnas can dive underwater, and as they do so, their heart rate drops, which saves oxygen needed by the brain and the heart.

Answer 7

Echidnas are found in a variety of terrestrial habitats. They are found in deserts, grasslands, bushland and even suburbia; from extensive, flat plains to sub-alpine areas. They will occuy any area as long as there are adequate supplies of termites, and soil soft enough to dig into.

Answer 8

Echidnas may shelter in hollow or rotting logs; they may dig burrows; or they shelter under bushes.

Answer 9

Echidna live in burrows in the ground.