what type of animal is an echidna
Echidna is a type of primitive mammals that belongs to the group of monotremes (mammals that lay eggs). Genus Echidna consists of two species: short-beaked echidna and long-beaked echidna. Short-beaked echidna inhabits Australia and New Guinea, while long-beaked lives only in the highlands of New Guinea.
Together with the platypus, echidnas are the world's only monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. There are two species of echidnas: the long-beaked echidna, which is confined to the highlands of New Guinea; and. the short-beaked echidna, which lives in Australia and New Guinea.