echidna: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Tachyglossidae • spiny anteater

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short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) with spiny brown fur foraging on rocky ground among plants on Bruny Island, Tasmania.

western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni)

Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) puggles

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