What animal group does the echidna belong to?

Answer 1

Echidnas belong to the group of mammals known as monotremes. They are mammals that lay eggs, as opposed to placental mammals, which give birth to live young. (Marsupials - pouched mammals - are also placental mammals.) Their order is "monotremata", and there are only five living monotreme species: the platypus and four species of echidna (also known as spiny anteaters). All of them are found only in Australia and New Guinea.

Answer 2

The echidna belongs to the family Tachyglossidae, which is in the group of egg-laying mammals known as monotremes.

Answer 3

Echidnas belong to the Class Mammalia, Order Monotremata and the family Tachyglossidae.

Answer 4

The echidna is a monotreme, an egg-laying mammal of Australia and New Guinea.