Creature also known as a spiny anteater (7)

I believe the answer is:

echidna

(Other definitions for echidna that I've seen before include "Spiny creature" , "Such a beast" , "Oz native" , "Spiny egg-laying Australian mammal" , "One preying on the workers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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