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'''Ješci''' (koji se ponekad nazivaju ''bodljivakv mravojedi'',<ref name=pwstSBE/> pripadaju [[Family (biology)|familiji]] -{'''Tachyglossidae'''}- u [[Сисари са клоаком|monotremnom]] redu [[sisari|sisara]] koji legu [[Јаје|jaja]]. Četiri [[Extant taxon|postojeće]] vrste ježaca i [[kljunar]]a su jedini živući sisari koji legu jaja i jedini preživeli članovi [[order (biology)|reda]] -{''Monotremata''}-.<ref name=nwf03/> The diet of some species consists of ants and termites, but they are not closely related to the [[anteater|true anteaters]] of the [[Americas]], which are [[xenarthra]]ns, along with sloths and armadillos. Echidnas live in [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]. ▼
▲'''Ješci''' (koji se ponekad nazivaju ''bodljivakv mravojedi'',<ref name=pwstSBE/> pripadaju [[Family (biology)|familiji]] -{'''Tachyglossidae'''}- u [[Сисари са клоаком|monotremnom]] redu [[sisari|sisara]] koji legu [[Јаје|jaja]]. Četiri [[Extant taxon|postojeće]] vrste ježaca i [[kljunar]]a su jedini živući sisari koji legu jaja i jedini preživeli članovi [[order (biology)|reda]] -{''Monotremata''}-.<ref name=nwf03/> TheIshrana dietnekih ofvrsta somese speciessastoji consistsod ofmrava antsi and termitestermita, butmada theyoni arenisu notblisko closelysrodni related to theda [[ anteaterМравоједи| truepravim anteatersmravojedima]] of the [[ AmericasAmerike|Amerika]], whichkoji arepripadaju nadrodu -{''[[ xenarthraXenarthra]] ns''}-, alongzajedno withsa sloths[[lenjivci]]ma andi armadillos[[armadilo]]ima. EchidnasJešci livežive inu [[Australia |Australiji]] andi [[New Guinea |Novoj Gvineji]].
Echidnas evolved between 20 and 50 million years ago, descending from a platypus-like monotreme.<ref name=Phillips/> This ancestor was aquatic, but echidnas adapted to life on land.<ref name=Phillips/>
Ješci su evoluirali pre 20 do 50 miliona godina, od monotrematnog pretka nalik na torbare.<ref name=Phillips/> Taj predak je bio vodena životinja, ali su se ješci prilagodili životu na kopnu..<ref name=Phillips/>
== Etimologija ==
The echidnas are named after [[Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]], a creature from [[Greek mythology]] who was half-woman, half-snake, as the animal was perceived to have qualities of both mammals and reptiles.<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=echidna |dictionary=Online Etymology Dictionary |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=echidna|accessdate=November 23, 2014}}</ref>
== Ishrana ==
The [[short-beaked echidna]]'s diet consists largely of ants and termites, while the ''Zaglossus'' (long-beaked) species typically eat worms and insect larvae.<ref name=info/>
The tongues ofIshrana [[longshort-beaked echidna|kratkokljunog ješca]]s havese sharpsastoji uglavnom od mrava i termita, tinydok spines-{''Zaglossus''}- that(dugokljune) helpvrste themtipično jedu crve capturei theirlarve preyinsekata.<ref name=info/> TheyJezici have[[long-beaked echidna|dugokljunih ješaca]] noimaju teethoštre, andsićušne breakbodlje downkoje theirim foodpomažu bypri grindinghvatanju itplena.<ref betweenname=info/> theOni bottomsnemaju ofzube, theirte mouthssitne andhranu mleveći je između dna njihovih usta i theirnjihovih tonguesjezika.<ref name = "NSW">{{cite web|last=Carritt|first=Rachel|title=Echidnas: Helping them in the wild|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/nature/Factsheet3Echidnas.pdf|publisher=NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service|accessdate=13 April 2013}}</ref> Echidnas' [[faecesIzmet]]i areješaca su {{convert|7|cm|in|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} longdugi andi arecilindričnog cylindricalsu in shapeoblika; theyoni aresu usuallyobično brokenizlomljeni andi unroundednezaokruženi, andi composedsastavljeni largelysu ofmahom dirtod andprljavštine ant-hilli materijala materialmravinjaka.<ref name="NSW"/>
== Habitat ==
[[File:French Island Echidna.ogg|thumb|left|Kratkokljuni ješac gradi odbrambenu jazbinu u [[French Island National Park|Francuskom ostrvskom nacionalnom parku]] (43 sekondi)]]
Ješci ne tolerišu ekstremne temperature; oni koriste pećine i pukotine stenestena da se sklone od teških vremenskih uslova. Ješci suobitavaju founduglavnom inu forestsšumama, andskrivajući woodlands,se hidingpod under vegetationvegetacijom, rootskorenjem orili pilesgomilama of debriskrhotina. TheyPonekad sometimeskoriste usejazbine theživotinja burrowskao ofšto animals such assu rabbitszečevi andi wombats[[vombat]]i. IndividualPojedinačni echidnasješci haveimaju largevelike, mutuallymeđusobno overlappingpreklapajuće territoriesteritorije.<ref name="NSW"/>
DespiteUprkos theirnjihovog appearanceizgleda, echidnasoni aresu capabledobri swimmersplivači. WhenPrilikom swimming,plivanja theyizlažu exposenjušku theiri snoutdeo and some of their spineskičme, and are known toa journeypoznato toje waterda inulaze orderu tovodu groomradi andkupanja bathei themselvestimarenja.<ref name = "Short-beak">{{cite web|title=Short-beaked Echidna|url=http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter/nsf/webpages/bhan-5357k5|publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water, and Environment|accessdate=13 April 2013}}</ref>
==Evolution==
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