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Platypus & Echidna - English
URL: http://www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/physiol/mono/Monotremata.html

An information about platypus and 2 echidna species, including fascinating photographs of hatching and young echidnas.

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Echidna - English
URL: http://www.tasmanianadventures.com/wildlife/echidna.html

The echidna is a small egg laying mammal ( monotreme), which are found throughout Tasmania.

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Echidna - English
URL: http://www.wildlife-australia.com/echidna1.htm

The echidna has no particular habitat requirements. Shelter is found beneath thick bushes in hollow logs, under debris or in burrows.

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Echidna/Spiny Anteater Printout - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/echidna/Echidnaprintout.shtml

The Echidna (also known as the Spiny Anteater) is a primitive, egg-laying mammal that lives in Australia.

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About: Echidna - an Australian anteater - English
URL: http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/echidna.htm

An echidna is about 50 cm (20 inches) long and it is dome-shaped. It has short sharp spikes covering its body (like a porcupine). It has a short pointy snout and a sticky tongue with which it catches ants and termites. It has no teeth. The echidna has very sharp claws too and can burrow underground very quickly. An echidna has short stubby feet and waddles when it walks.

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Survival: Spiny Anteater or Echindna - English
URL: http://www.lineone.net/learning/survival/echidna.html

The Spiny Anteater is found in New Guinea, eastern Australia and Tasmania in grassland, scrub, bush and open woodland.From an evolutionary point of view the echidna is a fascinating creature.

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Animal Info - Long-beaked Echidna - English
URL: http://www.animalinfo.org/species/zaglbrui.htm

Biology, ecology, habitat, and status of rare, threatened and endangered species of mammals and information on their native countries: biodiversity, ecosystems, population, and land use.

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Life Forms - ECHNIDNA - LONG NOSED - English
URL: http://www.speciescentral.com/specdata/mammal/12607.html

Bruijn's Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) is one of three large species of echidnas that inhabit New Guinea. It is an egg-laying mammal that can be up to 32 inches in length and has a long bird-like beak. Although discovered some 100 years ago, very little of its life is yet known.

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Long-nosed Echidna - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/monotremata.tachyglossidae.zaglossus.html

At one time, as many as four species of Zaglossus were recognized, but now these are generally considered to belong to the single species Z. bruijni (Griffiths 1978). This species currently is found in New Guinea and possibly on nearby Salawatti Island.

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Zaglossus bruijni (Long-Nosed Echidna): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/zaglossus/z._bruijni$narrative.ht

Geographic Range, Physical Characteristics, Natural History.

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Short-nosed Echidna - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/monotremata.tachyglossidae.tachyglossus.ht

The single species, T. aculeatus, inhabits most of mainland Australia, many nearby islands, Tasmania, and central and southern New Guinea (Collins 1973; Griffiths 1968, 1978). A number of apparently well-marked subspecies have been described, based primarily on characters of the pelage and spines. The subspecies T. a. setosus of Tasmania is often considered a distinct species.

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Tachyglossus - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/monotremata/tachyglossidae/tachygl

Scientific names, Finnish names, English names.

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Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) - English
URL: http://brainmuseum.org/specimens/monotremata/echidna/

The spiny anteater or echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), Suborder Prototheria, Order Monotremata, family Tachyglossidae, live in burrows in Australia and eastern New Guinea. Our specimens were obtained by Dr. Richard Lende in order to study the patterns of organization of their sensory and motor regions of cerebral neocortex.

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Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus - Russian
URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/echidna.htm

Description of the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with vocabulary in three Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland: Oykangand, Olkola and Pakanh.

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Tachyglossus aculeatus (Short-Nosed Echidna): Narrative - Russian
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Tachyglossus/t._aculeatus.html

Australian: Tachyglossus aculeatus inhabits most of Australia and many nearby islands including Tasmania and New Guinea.

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Monotremata Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/tables/table.genus.monotremata.tachyglossi

World Distribution Table.

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