Echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals.

---

Size: 3712px × 5568px
Location: Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Samantha Ohlsen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: aculeatus, animal, animals, ant-eater, anteater, australia, australian, beak, beaked, beautiful, brown, closeup, conservation, creature, creatures, curious, cute, echidna, environment, fauna, ground, mammal, marsupial, monotremata, monotreme, native, natural, nature, nose, nosed, outdoor, outdoors, photography, prickly, quill, quills, sharp, short, short-beaked, snout, spikes, spiky, spines, spiny, tachyglossidae, tachyglossus, unexpected, visitor, waddles, wild, wildlife