Australian-Echidna

The echidna is a special kind of mammal that lays eggs. Echidnas lives in Australia.

Echidnas have spikes.
Echidnas live in forests.
An echidna has a long sticky tongue to catch termites and ants.
Echidnas dig into the ground if they are chased.

The echidna belongs to a special group of mammals called monotremes. There are only three monotremes, two of them are echidnas. The short-beaked echidna is found in Australia and the long beaked echidna is found in New Guinea. The other monotreme is the platypus.

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