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    (Tachyglossus aculeatus), also called the short-nosed echidna, is one of four living species of echidna, and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus...
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    distinct subspecies have been identified. The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is found in southern, southeast and northeast New Guinea, and also...
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    The Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) is a subspecies of short-beaked echidna endemic to Tasmania. It was first described...
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    anatinus Family Tachyglossidae: echidnas Genus Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, T. aculeatus T. a. aculeatus (Common short-beaked echidna) T. a. acanthion...
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    lesser hedgehog tenrecs (Echinops telfairi). Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) curling into a ball. The ball python (Python regius) curls into...
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    genus Zaglossus, being closer in size to the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). The weight of the type specimen when it was alive was estimated...
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    Ornithorhynchus anatinus LC Family: Tachyglossidae Genus: Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus LC Family: Thylacinidae Genus: Thylacinus Thylacine...
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  • anatinus) is indigenous to eastern Australia; the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is indigenous to Australia and Papua New Guinea; whereas the long-beaked...
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  • the intra-abdominal low sperm storage capacity of the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) epididymis informed the role of the epididymis as the prime mover...
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  • Mammals Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) Yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis) Sugar glider (Petaurus...
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    rarely seen during the day, coming out at night to feed. Echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) can be seen during the day foraging through litter on forest floors...
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    ursinus), tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). This ecoregion is generally...
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  • Structural differentiation of the male genital ducts of the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Journal of Anatomy 132: 187-202. Dott H.M. & Skinner J.D. (1967)...
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    hibernation and reproduction in female short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus): implications for sexual conflict. In Chemical Signals...
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    maint: numeric names: authors list (link) "Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)". Arkive.org. Archived from the original on 2009-08-13. Retrieved...
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    Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (January 2011). "The early development of the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Mammalia: Monotremata), and patterns of mammalian development"...
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  • Genomes of the Wombat, Vombatus ursinus, and the Spiny Anteater, Tachyglossus aculeatus; Increased Support for the Marsupionta Hypothesis". J. Mol. Evol...
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    Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna (T. aculeatus) Zaglossus (Long-beaked echidnas) Attenborough's long-beaked echidna (Z. attenboroughi) Eastern long-beaked...
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    fleayi, Isoodon obesulus, Perameles gunnii, Vombatus ursinus and Tachyglossus aculeatus. Lowland Native Grasslands of Tasmania Department of the Environment...
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    Zaglossus) have some 2,000 receptors, while short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) have around 400, near the end of the snout. This difference can...
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    species have been recorded in the park, including the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), red-necked pademelon (Thylogale...
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    (1978). Studies of the Male Reproductive Tract of the Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) with particular emphasis on the Epididymis. Honors Thesis, University...
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    western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis). The only observed...
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    species of Zaglossus that occurs in New Guinea. Originally described as Tachyglossus bruijnii, this is the type species of Zaglossus. The western long-beaked...
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  • Stuart, L.D. (2009). "Splenic lymphoma in a short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)". Australian Veterinary Journal. 87 (7): 273–274. doi:10.1111/j...
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    Sánchez-Villagra MR (2011). The early development of the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Mammalia: Monotremata) and patterns of mammalian development. Acta...
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    Malurus cyaneus, among many others. Mammals species present are Tachyglossus aculeatus, Petaurus breviceps, Trichosurus vulpecula, Pseudocheirus peregrinus...
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  • anatinus LR/lc Family: Tachyglossidae Genus: Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus LR/lc Family: Dasyuridae Subfamily: Dasyurinae...
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  • (white-footed dunnart) Sminthopsis murina (slender-tailed dunnart) Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna) Tadarida australis (white-striped free-tailed...
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    label switch and Tunney actually collected a short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus. Woodward loosely instructed Tunney to gather cultural material...
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