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Echidna
Tachyglossus aculeatus
-29.5817, 152.551
Field Notes
Description:
An Australian specialty this echidna was quite small, a young one, black with mixture of black and brown.tan spines used for defence, small eyes, beaked nose for probing ant and termite mounds for succulent ant eggs particularly and termites. Usually solitary except during mating season when they become active in seeking partners and several echidnas can be seen trailing behind each other. More active at night than during the day, echidnas also lay eggs (monotremes), but suckle the young as most mammals do.
Habitat:
Found throughout Australia but regionally variant in size, colour and habitat. This specimen found in drier woodland environment.
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