The echidna is not a marsupial, but a female echidna develops a pouch, or rather a flap of skin, during the breeding season. She curls up and lays her single egg in this pouch, where it is then incubated until it hatches.
Sometimes, the male even develops a pouch during breeding season, but it serves absolutely no function.
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
The name shared by both the external part of the ear and the muscular pouches attached to the atria of the heart is "auricle."
Echidnas do not hibernate.
Echidnas in northern Australia are nocturnal. On occasion, they are seen during the day when the weather is mild. Echidnas in southern Australia tend to be more active during the day, especially during winter.
Respiratory system Agnathans are characterized by seven pairs of gill pouches. The bronchial arches supporting the gill pouches lie close to the body surface.
No. Echidnas do not hop. They walk.
There are no echidnas in Bali. Echidnas are found only in Australia and on the island of New Guinea.
No. The echidna is sometimes called a spiny anteater, but it bears no relation to anteaters. Anteaters are placental mammals, and echidnas are monotremes (egg-laying mammals).
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
No. Echidnas eat termites.
No. Koalas do not have storage pouches in their mouths, or on any other part of their body. Koalas do not store food, as they graze continuously during their waking hours. Eucalyptus leaves are readily available in the koala's habitat, so there is no need for them to store food for even short periods of time.