Tachyglossidae Monotremata Mammalia Chordata Animalia Flora and Fauna
Tachyglossidae Monotremata Mammalia Chordata Animalia Flora and Fauna
The Tachyglossidae are the echnidnas, or spiny ant eaters. These are a group of spine covered, insectivorous, monotreme mammals with claws and a slender snout. There are two genera: the curved-beaked echidna (Zaglossus or Proechidna) of New Guinea and the smaller, straight beaked echidna (Tachyglossus), represented by several species throughout Australia and southern New Guinea.
Top: Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Mammalia: Monotremata: Tachyglossidae
-
Short-beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus - Photo and brief description. Includes the animal's name in three Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland: Oykangand, Olkola and Pakanh.
-
Western Long-beaked Echidna - Information from Wikipedia on this critically endangered species, Zaglossus bruijni, from New Guinea.
-
Short-beaked Echidna - Three photographs of this species, Tachyglossus aculeatus.
-
Mammals: Echidna - Fact sheet from San Diego Zoo.
-
Echidna - George Agnew provides photographs, drawings, poems, stories, facts, references, links to other sites and a variety of other information about the echidna.
-
The Enigma of the Echidna - Article from the National Wildlife Magazine discussing this egg-laying Australian mammal’s unpredictable behavior and strange physical characteristics.
-
Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) - Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
-
Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) - Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
-
Rainforest Echidna - Description and photos of Tachyglossus aculeatus, courtesy of Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Atherton Tableland, Far North Queensland.
-
Echidnas - Some facts about the spiny ant eaters of Australia and New Guinea.
Click here to add, change or remove your listing
|
