short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus. It is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its insect prey at a great speed. Like the other extant monotremes, the short-beaked echidna lays eggs; the monotremes are the only living group of mammals to do so. from the book ' Animal portraiture ' by Richard Lydekker, and illustrated by Wilhelm Kuhnert, Published in London by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1912

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