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Also known as echidna family, echidnas, spiny anteaters, tachyglossids, tachyglossid, Tachyglossidae

Echidnas (), sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae , living in Australia and New Guinea. The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the only surviving members of the order Monotremata. The diet of some species consists of ants and termites, but they are not closely related to the American true anteaters or to hedgehogs. Their young are called puggles.

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Species

针鼹（yǎn），即针鼹科（Tachyglossidae），通常被稱為刺食蚁兽，與鸭嘴兽同為仍然生存的单孔目动物。此科下共有三屬六種生物，其中巨針鼴屬已滅絕，其他兩屬均生活在澳大利亞及新畿內亞。

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Research

74 papers

VGLL fusions define a new class of intraparenchymal central nervous system schwannoma.Neuro-oncology · 2025Schmid S, Mirchia K, Tietze A et al.DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae269
Original dental licensure--faculty's or examiner's responsibility?Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985) · 1991Nuckles DB
Detached Maize Sheaths for Live-Cell Imaging of Infection by Fungal Foliar Maize Pathogens.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2023Belisário R, Torres MF, Buiate EAS et al.DOI: 10.3791/65755
Think about amalgam.South Carolina dental journal · 1967Nuckles DB
Clinical T2N0M0 Esophageal Cancer-Is Treatment Pathway Associated With Overall Survival?The Journal of surgical research · 2023Ma W, Nuckles B, Frank K et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.10.039
Analysis of the Radial Forearm Phalloplasty Donor Site: Do Dermal Matrices Improve Donor Site Morbidity?Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Marquez JL, Nuckles B, Tausinga T et al.DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006114
Intentional replantation: report of a successful case.Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985) · 1992Barnett RJ, Burton WE, Nuckles DB
Identification of Quinone Outside Inhibitor Fungicide-Resistant Isolates of Parastagonospora nodorum from Illinois and Kentucky.Plant disease · 2023White NH, Neves DL, Nuckles EM et al.DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-01-22-0180-RE

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taxon name: Tachyglossidae
Commons category: Tachyglossidae
Commons gallery: Tachyglossidae
egg incubation period: 10
litter size: 400
time in the pouch: 50
taxon common name: آكل النمل الشائك

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Contents

Etymology
Physical characteristics
Diet
Habitat
Anatomy
Reproduction
Threats
Evolution
Taxonomy
''Zaglossus''
''Tachyglossus''
''Megalibgwilia''
''Murrayglossus''
As food
In popular culture
See also
Notes
References
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Echidnas (), sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae , living in Australia and New Guinea. The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the only surviving members of the order Monotremata. The diet of some species consists of ants and termites, but they are not closely related to the American true anteaters or to hedgehogs. Their young are called puggles.

Echidnas evolved between 20 and 50 million years ago and descend from an amphibious, platypus-like monotreme.

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Categories

Electroreceptive animals Endemic fauna of Oceania Extant Pliocene first appearances Mammals of the Northern Territory Monotremes Myrmecophagous mammals Rolling animals Taxa named by Theodore Gill