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Echidna (Kathie Atkinson/Oxford Scientific Films)

Echidna, also called spiny anteater, common name for a type of egg-laying mammal (Monotreme). The short-nosed echidna found in Australia is about 35...

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The Gondwanan origins of Australia’s fauna are most striking among the mammals because of the absence of representatives of most of the orders found...

Scientific classification: Monotremes belong to the subclass Monotremata. The platypus makes up the family Ornithorynchidae. It is classified as ...

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Echidna (Kathie Atkinson/Oxford Scientific Films)

- spiny mammal: a spiny insect-eating mammal with a long snout and strong claws.

	Advertisement Windows Live® Search Results Echidna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Echidnas (pronounced /ɨˈkɪdnə/), also known as spiny anteaters, [2] are four extant mammal species belonging to the Tachyglossidae family of the monotremes, an order of egg ... Pelican Lagoon Research Centre - Monotremems >> Echidna Care MONOTREMES >> ECHIDNA CARE Echidna Care Inc. Echidna Care Inc. is a nation wide, community based support group which: conducts education programs Pelican Lagoon Research Centre - Monotremems >> Echidna Watch MONOTREMES >> ECHIDNA WATCH . Ancestors of Australia's amazing ECHIDNA , one of the world's three egg laying mammals, lived with the dinosaurs. See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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