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  • Short-beaked Echidna, 1 of 6
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    (c) deborod, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) anitathamm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Faunaverse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Ian Shaw, all rights reserved

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    (c) Blue Derby Wild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Nicola Baines, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Worldwide
26,336 observations
Group
Mammals
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus. It is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its insect prey at a great speed. Like the other extant monotremes, the short-beaked echidna lays eggs; the monotremes are the only group of mammals to do so.

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