Echidna
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Echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes belonging to the family Tachyglossidae, living in Australia and New Guinea. The four extant species of echidnas and the platy
Short beaked echidna in ANBG
Spines of the echidna
Short-beaked echidna skeleton
The Western long-beaked echidna, which is endemic to New Guinea
Platypus
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The platypus, sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative of
Echidna
…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…
Duck billed platypus Scottsdale
A book for children published in Germany in 1798
Illustration from the first scientific description in 1799
Colour print from 1863