The echidna has numerous special features.
The echidna is an egg-laying mammal of Australia and New Guinea. Adaptations of the echidna include:
Echidnas have the following physical characteristics: * Echidnas are monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals * During breeding season, the female echidna develops a pouch, where she lays and incubates her egg. * The pouch is little more than a fold of skin, and even the male can develop a pouch * Male echidnas have a spur on their hind leg, much the same as a platypus, but unlike the platypus's spur, the echidna's is not poisonous * It has a long snout which makes it easy for the echidna to burrow for ants, termites and worms. * The echidna has sharp claws for digging, and this ability to dig effectively is helped by its compact, muscular body shape and strong forelegs * It has a long tongue with sticky saliva for eating the ants
Echidnas are between 30cm and 45cm long, with a mass of 2kg to 5kg. Echidnas in the south are larger than their northern counterparts. Insulating an echidna's body is fur which varies in colour from light brown to darker brown, reddish brown and sometimes black. The further north an echidna lives, the lighter the colouring. They can be quite light brown in northern areas of Australia, and black in Tasmania. Again, echidnas in the south have thicker fur than that of their northern counterparts. More obvious are their lighter-coloured spines which protrude up to 5cm long, and protect them from predators. They do not have spines on their stomachs. Echidnas also have long snouts with which they sniff out termites, which are then caught on the echidna's 15cm long tongue. They have sharp claws for digging into termite mounds, though they prefer to find their termites under rotting logs. During breeding season, the female echidna develops a pouch, where she lays and incubates her egg. The pouch is little more than a fold of skin, and even the male can develop a pouch.
Echidnas are unique because they are egg-laying mammals (monotremes). Strictly speaking, they are not completely unique, as the platypus is also an egg-laying mammal.
Echidna says that because she thinks she is special.
The platypus and the echidna are the world's only two known egg-laying mammals. They are classified as monotremes.
The echidna's reproduction is not weird. It just so happens that the echidna, like the platypus, is a monotreme, meaning it is an egg-laying mammal.
The platypus and the Echidna. They are special because they are the only mammals that lay eggs but suckle their young with mother's milk.
There is no specific name given to a female echidna. It is just a female echidna.
If you mean genus, e.g. Canines, Felines, etc., then platapusses and echidnas are marsupials
when do Echidna sleep
The only other egg-laying mammal is the echidna which, like the platypus, is classified as a monotreme. There are 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.
To begin with, it is illegal to catch an echidna. They are protected native anbimals. If one wishes to catch an injured echidna, it is far better to notify a wildlife carer or ranger so they can catch it carefully.
A female echidna does not have any particular name. It is just a female echidna.
Cause he like being that way, so leave him alone!!
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.