Short-beaked echidna[1] | |
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Near Scottsdale, Tasmania | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Monotremata |
Family: | Tachyglossidae |
Genus: | Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811 |
Species: | T. aculeatus
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Binomial name | |
Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)
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Short-beaked echidna range | |
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The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), also known as the short-nosed echidna, is a spiny anteater native to Australia. It is one of four living species of echidna, and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus.
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