What is Echidna?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Echidna | image = Tachyglossus_aculeatus_side_on.jpg | image_caption = [[Short-beaked echidna]] | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Miocene|Holocene}} | taxon = Tachyglossidae | authority = [[Theodore Nicholas Gill|Gill]], 1872 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = Genus ''[[Tachyglossus]]'' <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''[[Short-beaked echidna|T. aculeatus]]''<br> Genus ''[[Zaglossus]]'' <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''[[Sir David's long-beaked echidna|Z. attenboroughi]]''<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''[[Western long-beaked echidna|Z. bruijnii]]''<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''[[Eastern long-beaked echidna|Z. bartoni]]''<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;†''[[Zaglossus hacketti|Z. hacketti]]''<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;†''[[Zaglossus robustus|Z. robustus]]''<br> Genus †''[[Megalibgwilia]]''<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;†''[[Megalibgwilia|M. ramsayi]]''<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;†''[[Megalibgwilia|M. robusta]]'' }} [[File:EchidnainCanberra.JPG|thumb|right|An Echnida looking for food]] '''Echidna''', the spiny [[anteater]],<ref>Echidna [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/echidna/Echidnaprintout.shtml Retrieved on 21 October 2007]</ref> is a [[monotreme]] that lives in [[Australia]] and in [[New Guinea]]. They are the living members of the [[Family (biology)|family]] '''Tachyglossidae'''. Echnidas have a long, tube-like [[mouth]] with a sticky [[tongue]]. They are also covered in spines. They have mammary glands, and lay [[Egg (biology)|eggs]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=7 things you might not know about echidnas|url=https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/goodliving/posts/2019/01/echidna-facts|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www.environment.sa.gov.au|language=en}}</ref> The echidna has a method of protecting itself. With its long, sharp [[claw]]s, they quickly dig a hole until only their spines are showing when they are hiding in the hole. The [[predator]] is not be able to get it without injuring itself on the spines. When there is a fire, the echidna digs down out of reach of the fire. == Prey == The [[short-beaked echid