Mammal
A baby platypus is called a puggle. The platypus has a bill like a duck and lays eggs, even though it is a mammal. It lives in rivers and streams in eastern Australia.
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What Is a Baby Echidna Called? Puggle
A baby echidna is called a puggle. Below you will find what baby echidnas eat, how they grow and which other animals share the same baby name.
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A baby echidna is called a puggle.
Say the word together, then read two quick facts to remember it.
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Say “puggle”
A baby echidna is called a puggle. Say it slowly and clap for each part of the word.
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Growing up
A young echidna grows into an adult that is 30 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in) long.
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Fun fact
Echidnas are mammals that lay eggs.
Act it outPretend to be a puggle with a parent.
Write itWrite “puggle” and circle the first letter.
Match gameSay an animal, your child says its baby name.
Similar animals
Other Animals Whose Babies Are Called Puggles
Learn these together with the echidna. Tap a name to hear it.
Bird
A baby chicken is called a chick. Chickens are birds, but they can only fly short distances. A baby chicken is called a chick.
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A baby giraffe is called a calf. Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world. They use their long, dark tongues to pull leaves off thorny trees.
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A baby walrus is called a calf. Walruses use their long tusks to help pull themselves up onto the ice. Their stiff whiskers help them find clams on the dark sea floor.
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Quick quiz
Baby Name Quiz: Echidna
A tiny game to check what stuck. Read the question out loud and let your little one tap the answer.
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Questions About Baby Echidnas
A baby echidna is called a puggle. Echidnas are mammals that lay eggs.
Baby echidnas drink their mother’s milk at first, then start eating ants, termites and worms.
Echidnas live for up to 50 years.
A group of echidnas is called a parcel.
They grow up where their parents live: Australia and New Guinea (forests).
Yes. The echidna is a mammal.