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Do Echidnas Live in Burrows?

Alexander Ross • • 7 min read
Do Echidnas Live in Burrows?

Reproduction and life cycle
The young echidna is protected in a special nursery burrow, where it sucks milk from special mammary hairs (teats and nipples are absent). When the young echidna is fully covered by spines and fur and is capable of feeding, it leaves the burrow for a solitary life.

Do echidnas sleep in burrows?

Habits. Echidnas are very solitary animals, but they are not territorial and are willing to share their home range with others of their kind. ... Echidnas hibernate during the cold winter months in burrows. No matter what the time of the year, they can only enter REM sleep when they are around 77 F (25 C).

Where do echidnas live?

Echidnas are found throughout New Guinea and mainland Australia, as well as Tasmania, King Island, Flinders Island and Kangaroo Island. They are Australia's most widespread native mammal, being found in almost all habitats, from snow covered mountains to deserts.

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