There is no specific term for the young of an echidna. Contrary to popular opinion, a baby echidna is not called a "puggle". However, a great many websites erroneously state that this is the case.
Echidnas are mammals, despite being egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. Therefore, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
No. Echidnas are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals. They do not give birth to live young, but lay eggs in order to reproduce.
Echidnas are mammals, so the young drink mothers' milk. When the young hatches from the egg, it is fed on mother's milk which seeps from milk glands, not teats like other mammals.
Echidnas are generally solitary animals. They do not live in groups.
Echidnas are mammals, so the young drink mothers' milk. When the young hatches from the egg, it is fed on mother's milk which seeps from milk glands, not teats like other mammals.
Spiny anteaters, more properly known as echidnas, are mammals. Therefore, they feed their young with mothers' milk.
Echidnas are mammals, so the young feed on mothers' milk.
Echidnas do dig burrows underground, but they do not necessarily live there. These burrows are usually for the purpose of incubating their young. Echidnas refer to live among rocks or under thick bushes.
Echidnas are unusual because, along with platypuses, they are the world's only known monotremes, which means they are egg-laying mammals. Though egg-layers, they are classified as mammals because the young suckle mothers' milk.
No. The young echidnas suckle milk from milk patches on the mother's skin.
Echidnas are different as, like platypuses, they are egg-laying mammals. This group of vertebrates, known as the monotremes, is unique: their method of reproduction is laying eggs, yet they nurture their young on mothers' milk. Apart from producing milk to feed their young, there are other differences: they do not fit with egg-laying reptiles as echidnas are warm-blooded; nor do they fit with egg-laying birds because all birds have feathers, and echidnas, like other mammals, have hair/fur.
Echidnas do not hibernate.