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    • echidnas
  • Scientific names
    • Tachyglossidae

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Recent Observations

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What

Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 3, 2011

Description

Between Mt Kuring-gai Station and Berowra Station.

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What

Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Dec 9, 2009
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What

Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus

Observer

lisozima

Date

Dec 7, 2007
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Description from Wikipedia

Echidnas ( /ɨˈkɪdnə/), also known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals. There are four extant species, which, together with the platypus, are the only surviving members of that order and are the only extant mammals that lay eggs. Although their diet consists largely of ants and termites, they are no more closely related to the true anteaters of the Americas than to any other placental mammal. They live...

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