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Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), family Tachyglossidae, Canberra, Australia
Also called "spiny anteaters".
Echidnas are monotremes, mammals that lay eggs (along with platypuses).
Females lay eggs and keep them in a pouch.
The hatchlings are called "puggles".
photographs by Luke Adams
A short beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) in Freycinet, Australia
by Charles Sharp
Tachyglossus aculeatus
18-SEP-2025
Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Vic
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Short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Range includes most of Australia, Tasmania, and other offshore islands.
Image source: JKMelville
Kangaroo Island echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus)
Photo by Julien NKS
Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), family Tachyglossidae, Canberra, Australia
Also called "spiny anteaters".
Echidnas are monotremes, mammals that lay eggs (along with platypuses).
Females lay eggs and keep them in a pouch.
The hatchlings are called "puggles".
photographs by Richard Wood
The spines of a short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
by Mitch Thorburn
