Directory of Tachyglossidae Resources

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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.

Resources in This Category

• Echidna

  http://www.echidna.org.uk/
  George Agnew provides photographs, drawings, poems, stories, facts, references, links to other sites and a variety of other information about the echidna.

• Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=2
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Long-beaked echidna: Zaglossus spp.

  http://www.arkive.org/long-beaked-echidna/zaglossus-spp/
  Factsheet from ARKive with videos and images, description, range, habitat, biology and conservation.

• Mammals: Echidna

  http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/echidna
  Fact sheet from San Diego Zoo.

• Rainforest Echidna

  http://www.rainforest-australia.com/echidna.htm
  Description and photos of Tachyglossus aculeatus, courtesy of Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Atherton Tableland, Far North Queensland.

• Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=534
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Short-beaked Echidna: Tachyglossus aculeatus

  http://www.arkive.org/short-beaked-echidna/tachyglossus-aculeatus/
  Factsheet from Arkive with videos and images, description, range, habitat, biology and conservation.

• Western Long-beaked Echidna

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Long-beaked_Echidna
  Information from Wikipedia on this critically endangered species, Zaglossus bruijni, from New Guinea.

 

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