#Tachyglossus aculeatus
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snototter · 1 month ago
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A short beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) in Freycinet, Australia
by Charles Sharp
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aticketplz · 5 months ago
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すごい久しぶりに行ったけど、ハリモグラ展示が継続されていて嬉しい。
沼津港深海水族館
This aquarium exhibits echidnas in the coelacanth zone, because they are coelacanths among mammals. Good sense.
Numazu Deepblue Aquarium
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rattyexplores · 11 months ago
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Fat Echidna found on Woppa (they do inhabit the island as well as the mainland).
Sadly, while driving to Yeppoon, we saw a lot of dead echidnas on the road... The highway is frequently covered in native animal roadkill. At least on Woppa, there's little chance of an echidna being runover.
BTW, despite looking like hedgehogs, they're very much unrelated. Echidnas are their own thing (closely related to the platypus).
11/09/23 - Mammalia: Tachyglossus aculeatus - Woppa, cabin area
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inbarfink · 5 months ago
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oncorhynchus-mykiss · 1 year ago
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Short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Range includes most of Australia, Tasmania, and other offshore islands.
Image source: JKMelville
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o-craven-canto · 1 year ago
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Carcinization this, carcinization that, what about anteaterization
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Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla, eastern South America): an actual anteater
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Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis, Philippines), a loose relative of Carnivorans
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Aardwolf (Proteles cristata, south and east Africa): a hyena
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Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus, Australia): an egg-laying Monotreme, close to the platypus
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Numbat (Myrmecobis fasciatus, also Australia): a Marsupial
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Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus, Southeast Asia): a frickin' bear
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amnhnyc · 1 year ago
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Did you know? The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is a monotreme, meaning it’s one of the few mammals that lays eggs instead of bearing live young. This species lives for an average of 10 years in the wild, and up to 50 years in captivity. Weighing up to 15.4 lbs (7 kg), this spiky critter can be found in parts of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania. It feeds on invertebrates like ants and termites.
Photo: crapgame, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNautralist
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uncharismatic-fauna · 5 days ago
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Trick or treat!! 🧡
You got a short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)!
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have-you-seen-this-animal · 2 months ago
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This animal was requested!
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purple-phesh-and-cheps · 6 days ago
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THE MARAUDERS CHARACTERS AS NATIVE AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS
(i apologise if an animal you like isn't here or if you disagree, these were just ones that i knew and thought fit best) !!! special thanks to my sister @professor-geen-berries for helping me choose :] !!!
james - common wombat (vombatus ursinus)
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sirius - red-tailed black cockatoo (calyptorhynchus banksii)
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remus - brush-tailed rock-wallaby (petrogale penicillata)
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peter - crest-tailed mulgara (dasycercus cristicauda)
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lily - superb fairywren (malurus cyaneus)
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mary - short-beaked echidna (tachyglossus aculeatus)
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marlene - sugar glider (petaurus breviceps)
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emma - superb lyrebird (menura novaehollandiae)
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emmeline - platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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dorcas - diamond python (morelia spilota)
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pandora - blue-ringed octopus (hapalochlaena maculosa)
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evan - freshwater crocodile (crocodylus johnstoni)
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barty - tasmanian devil (sarcophilus harrisii)
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regulus - fairy penguin (eudyptula minor)
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alice - koala (phascolarctos cinereus)
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frank - greater bilby (macrotis lagotis)
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special mention obscure characters :]
florean fortescue - eastern quoll (dasyurus viverrinus)
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august ollivander - green stream frog (litoria phyllochroa)
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snototter · 2 years ago
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The spines of a short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) 
by Mitch Thorburn
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artsfromspace · 5 months ago
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Walia ibex Capra walie
I love ibexes and this one is so dramatically coloured. Love their little stripey socks.
They are endemic to an itty bitty part of Ethiopia.
Digital zoo - in analog space, there is no captive population of these guys whatsoever.
You can look them up or go by vibes :D If you suggest something else and it doesn’t win, I’ll add it to my list for the future!
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kotekling · 2 years ago
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ok guys heres my sonic species headcanons cause I dont see enough of these sonic - four-toed hedgehog (atelerix albiventris) this is the species he was based off of and also one of the most common hedgehog species. it also has that pink underbelly that sonic has amy - north african hedgehog (atelerix algirus) these guys have wider but flatter faces, plus i like variety in their species knuckles - short beaked echidna (tachyglossus aculeatus) if i’m not mistaken this is his canon species but if not i’m saying it now. it’s always bothered me that knuckles doesn’t have a ‘beak’ like echidnas do. theyre also arguably way fluffier in comparison to hedgehogs. such silly guys shadow - south african hedgehog (atelerix frontalis) these guys have naturally darker pigments which would make sense for shadow, aside from that they look very similar to the four-toed hedgehog rouge - honduran white bat (ectophylla alba) I can only imagine this is the species rouge was based off of. arguably one of the cutest bat species. super super tiny and they also have sharp teeth for the purpose of cutting leaves to form tents. big - maine coon (domestic cat) if im not mistaken Big is based off a maine coon (long, pointed ears and distinct large size) big could be fluffier, though. draw big fluffy. i like fluffy big. espio - panther chameleon (furcifer pardalis) okay okay I know Jackson’s chameleon would make more sense BUT these guys are the species known for varying colors, not to mention have a single ‘horn’ instead of three. these guys are just so cool. vector - siamese crocodile (crocodylus siamensis) vector is most likely based off an american crocodile but i dont care. i love siamese crocodiles. they’re also pretty small compared to other crocodile species which reminds me of vector’s original design. chamy - cryptic bumblebee (bombus cryptarum) GRAHH I’m ashamed to admit as someone who really likes entomology that I haven’t studied much about bees. but charmy is definitely a bumblebee and cryptarum definitely seems like one of the closest matches. plus they’re also super fluffy. OK im sorry autism over.
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inquisitoradaar · 2 years ago
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marineexplorer · 2 years ago
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Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) #marineexplorer by John Turnbull Via Flickr: We watched this well-fed echidna demolish an old rotten stump for several minutes in search of ants. This subspecies, T. a. setosus, is found on Tasmania and some islands in Bass Strait, and looks larger (or perhaps more fluffy!) and lighter in colour than the ones in NSW. Photo: Bruny Island
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mammalidentifier · 1 year ago
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Tasmanian Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus)
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