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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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    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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    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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    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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    hibernation and reproduction in female short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus): implications for sexual conflict. In Chemical Signals...
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    W.V. (2007). "One-Sided Ejaculation of Echidna Sperm Bundles (Tachyglossus aculeatus)" (PDF). Am. Nat. 170 (6): E162 – E164. doi:10.1086/522847. PMID 18171162...
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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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    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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    of predators eat these ants, including the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), numerous species of birds, blind snakes and spiders. This species...
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    Thorny devils and echidnas, particularly the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) hunt jack jumper ants, eating their larvae and eggs. Nymphs of...
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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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    variety of species. Predators include the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and a number of bird species. Green-head ant workers are gamergates...
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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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  • Family Tachyglossidae (echidnas) Genus Tachyglossus (short-beaked echidna) Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) Genus Zaglossus (long-beaked echidnas)...
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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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  • evaluated Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus NT Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus LC Thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus EX - extinct Tropical antechinus...
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    the adults, which it is vulnerable to. The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) also eats the eggs and larvae. Nymphs of the assassin bug species...
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    Castorocauda lutrasimilis (Docodonta), Shenshou lui (Haramiyida); Bottom: Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata), Ursus arctos (Theria). Skull of Morganucodon Scientific...
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    maxima, a tern (seabird); Pseudotrapelus sinaitus, a Sinai agama; Tachyglossus aculeatus, a short-beaked echidna Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota...
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    native honeybees, wallaroos (Macropus robustus), common echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) as well as other far rarer species such as the koala (Phascolarctos...
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    Dimetrodon, Inostrancevia, Moschops, Castorocauda, Adelobasileus, Tachyglossus aculeatus, and Panthera tigris Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota...
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    Nienhuis, R; Fahringer, HM; Pettigrew, JD (May 1996). "The echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus combines REM and non-REM aspects in a single sleep state: implications...
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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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    found in the stomach of this shark, and in another, an echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) was regurgitated by a tiger shark being tagged off Orpheus Island...
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    ants have been found in the feces of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), and non-passerine birds are known to predate them. The blackish...
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    Goff WR (July 1972). "Electrophysiological studies of the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. I. Waking and sleep". Archives Italiennes de Biologie. 110 (2):...
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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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    platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Several species of rat are readily taken and even the house mouse...
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