Echidna in the evening sun found in the Pinnacles desert, Western Australia

Echidna belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals. The four extant species, together with the platypus, are the only surviving members of the order Monotremata and are the only living mammals that lay eggs.

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