Short-beaked echidna
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| Phylum | Chordata | The 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 group of mammals to do so.
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| Class | Mammalia | |
| Order | Monotremata | |
| Family | Tachyglossidae | |
| Genus | Tachyglossus | |
| Species | T. aculeatus |
