The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

ECHIDNA

The echidna or spiny anteater is two genii of egg-laying, burrowing, nocturnal mammals of the family Tachyglossidae. They have no teeth, but a long extensile tongue. The short nosed echidna (genus Tachyglossus) is found in rocky districts of Australia, the long-nosed echidna (genus Zaglossus), is found in New Guinea.
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