The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), also called the short-nosed echidna, is one of four living species of echidna, and the only member of...
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electroreceptors on its bill, but the long-beaked echidna has only 2,000, while the short-beaked echidna, which lives in a drier environment, has no...
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Zaglossus attenboroughi (redirect from Sir David's long-beaked echidna)
long-beaked echidna, and has short, very fine and dense fur, reflecting its mountain-top habitat. The diet of Attenborough's long-beaked echidna consists...
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western long-beaked echidna species are listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. The long-beaked echidna is larger than the short-beaked and has fewer...
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The western long-beaked echidna is an egg-laying mammal. Unlike the short-beaked echidna, which eats ants and termites, the long-beaked species eats earthworms...
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The eastern long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bartoni), also known as Barton's long-beaked echidna, is one of three species from the genus Zaglossus to occur...
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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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Monotreme (category Articles with short description)
echidnas Genus Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, T. aculeatus T. a. aculeatus (Common short-beaked echidna) T. a. acanthion (Northern short-beaked echidna)...
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Knuckles the Echidna is a character from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is a red anthropomorphic short-beaked echidna who is Sonic's secondary best...
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Megalibgwilia (redirect from Echidna ramsayi)
thought to have been similar in size to the contemporary western long-beaked echidna, but with slightly longer forearms. They were smaller than a large species...
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Enumerative definition (category Articles with short description)
echidnae: short-beaked echidna long-beaked echidnae: Sir David's long-beaked echidna eastern long-beaked echidna western long-beaked echidna Definition...
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Platypus (category Articles with short description)
number of electroreceptors in the short-beaked echidna, which dwells in dry environments, while the long-beaked echidna, which lives in moist environments...
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Featherdale Wildlife Park (category Articles with short description)
park's collection includes kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, short-beaked echidnas, quokkas, bilbies, dingos, bats, emus, southern cassowaries, little...
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Fauna of Australia (category Articles with short description)
monotreme occur in Australia: the platypus and the short-beaked echidna, the other three being echidnas that only occur in New Guinea. Monotremes differ...
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The echidna flea (Bradiopsylla echidnae) is the larger of two species of flea commonly found on the short-beaked echidna. It is monotypic, that is, the...
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monotremes (i.e. echidnas and platypuses, which have a beak-like structure), sirens, pufferfish, billfishes and cephalopods. Although beaks vary significantly...
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Ornithorhynchoidea (category Articles with short description)
of mammals containing the only living monotremes, the platypus and the echidnas, as well as their closest fossil relatives, to the exclusion of more primitive...
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Thylacine (category Articles with short description)
with other recorded prey including the Tasmanian pademelon and the short-beaked echidna. Other probable native mammalian prey includes other marsupials like...
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Ornithorhynchidae (category Articles with short description)
and its extinct relatives. The other family is the Tachyglossidae, or echidnas. Within the Ornithorhynchidae are the main Cenozoic genera Ornithorhynchus...
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List of mammals of Papua New Guinea (category Articles with short description)
and echidnas. Family: Tachyglossidae Genus: Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus LC Genus: Zaglossus Eastern long-beaked echidna, Zaglossus...
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Green-head ant (category Articles with short description)
consuming seeds from a variety of species. Predators include the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and a number of bird species. Green-head...
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Australia Zoo (category Articles with short description)
Quokka Red kangaroo Red panda Red-necked wallaby Ring-tailed lemur Short-beaked echidna Southern hairy-nosed wombat Southern white rhinoceros Sumatran elephant...
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living species of monotreme occur in Australia: the platypus and the short-beaked echidna. The platypus — a venomous, egg-laying, duck-billed, amphibious mammal...
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List of monotremes and marsupials (category Articles with short description)
Tachyglossidae (echidnas) Genus Tachyglossus (short-beaked echidna) Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) Genus Zaglossus (long-beaked echidnas) Western...
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Meat ant (category Articles with short description)
of animals. A number of predators eat these ants, including the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), numerous species of birds, blind snakes...
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Pouch (marsupial) (category Articles with short description)
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) "Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)". Arkive.org. Archived from the original...
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List of mammals of Tasmania (category Articles with short description)
Ornithorhynchus anatinus LC Family: Tachyglossidae Genus: Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus LC Family: Thylacinidae Genus: Thylacinus...
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Adelaide Zoo (category Articles with short description)
mara Quokka Red kangaroo Rhinoceros iguana Ring-tailed lemur Serval Short-beaked echidna South American coati Southern cassowary Southern hairy-nosed wombat...
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Volvation (category Articles with short description)
(Panthera leo persica). Two lesser hedgehog tenrecs (Echinops telfairi). Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) curling into a ball. The ball python (Python...
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