This animal's alternate name comes from the fact that it is an insectivore and has spikes protecting its body.
The most common species of this animal is called the "short beaked", a reference to the long, slender snouts on which these creatures have both their nostrils and their small, specialized mouths. Males of this critter have a four-pronged penis, but only two prongs are inserted into the female's (*) cloaca. This critter's young is called a "puggle", and the young are raised in a pouch after hatching from an egg. This animal's alternate name comes from the fact that it is an insectivore and has spikes protecting its body. For ten points, name this monotreme that is not the platypus.
The most common species of this animal is called the "short beaked", a reference to the long, slender snouts on which these creatures have both their nostrils and their small, specialized mouths.
{Echidna} or {Spiny Anteater}