The Tachyglossidae are the echnidnas, or spiny ant eaters. These are a group of spine covered, insectivorous, monotreme mammals with claws and a slender snout. There are two genera: the curved-beaked echidna (Zaglossus or Proechidna) of New Guinea and the smaller, straight beaked echidna (Tachyglossus), represented by several species throughout Australia and southern New Guinea.
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George Agnew provides photographs, drawings, poems, stories, facts, references, links to other sites and a variety of other information about the echidna.
Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
Fact sheet from San Diego Zoo.
Information from Wikipedia on this critically endangered species, Zaglossus bruijni, from New Guinea.
Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
Fact sheet from San Diego Zoo.
Information from Wikipedia on this critically endangered species, Zaglossus bruijni, from New Guinea.
George Agnew provides photographs, drawings, poems, stories, facts, references, links to other sites and a variety of other information about the echidna.
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