Milk is secreted onto the hairs and is lapped off by the young. Sometimes called the echidna or spiny anteater. Lays eggs which are transfered to a pouch. Mammary glands are located in the pouch. She has no nipples.
Milk oozes from several ducts into indentations in the skin.
There is no storage reservoir. There is a milk ejection response. Young weigh only a few hundred milligrams at birth. They quickly find their way into the pouch where the mammary glands are found. Each teat is associated with one gland.