Answer: echidnas

AnswerCrossword Clue
ECHIDNASAnt-eating burrowers
ECHIDNASSpiny anteaters
echidnasany of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines