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Species profile—Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna)

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Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Tachyglossidae (Echidnas) → Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Tachyglossidae (Echidnas)
Scientific name
Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)
Common name
short-beaked echidna
Type reference
Shaw, G. (1792). Myrmecophaga aculeata. The Procupine Ant-eater. The Naturalists' Miscellany: containing accurate and elegant coloured figures of the most curious and beautiful productions of nature; with descriptions in Latin and English in the Linnaen manner. To which are added descriptions more at large, and calculated for general information. Vol 3 No. 36 London : F.P. Nodder & Co.
WildNet taxon ID
838
Alternate name(s)
spiny anteater
porcupine
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
SL
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=838.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
20 May 2024