Belonging to either the tachyglossus or zaglossus genus, they are endangered in some regions because of their edible meat.
Flannery and Groves discovered a new species and subspecies of these in 1998. Belonging to either the tachyglossus or zaglossus genus, they are endangered in some regions because of their edible meat. Different species are distinguished by the length of their beaks, which contain electroreceptors, and the length of their spines. Living in New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia, they outwardly resemble the hedgehog, though they are in a different order from it. FTP, name this creature sometimes known as the spiny anteater; one of two varieties of monotreme, along with the duck-billed platypus.
Flannery and Groves discovered a new species and subspecies of these in 1998.
echidna (prompt of spiny anteater before it's mentioned)