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.
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
Echidnas do not hibernate.
Yes. Like all mammals, echidnas are vertebrates.
Yes. Echidnas are vertebrates. They are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates.
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
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.
An Echidnas body is covered with hair to keep them warm
Monotremes are covered with skin, but over the skin they have fur. Both platypuses and echidnas have fur, and echidnas also has sharp spines.
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.
Echidnas do not hibernate.
yes there are muscles all over the body
No. Echidnas do not hop. They walk.