echidna

     

Genus Tachyglossus    T. aculeatus Genus Zaglossus    Z. attenboroughi    Z. bruijnii    Z. bartoni    †Z. hacketti    †Z. robustus Genus †Megalibgwilia    †M. ramsayi    †M. robusta

Trivia about echidna

  • With an extensile glutinous tongue, this spiny Australian monotreme mercilessly slurps up its insect prey
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.) This egg-laying mammal has no teeth with which to eat; its taxonomic name is Tachyglossidae, or "fast tongue"
  • It's the proper name for the Australian animal some call the spiny anteater
  • This name for the spiny anteater is from the Greek for "viper"; it has a venom system