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Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 160, February 145, March 191, April 251, May 246, June 191, July 245, August 328, September 473, October 403, November 324, December 242.
Australia3,199
New South Wales1,159
Queensland1,021
South Australia861
Victoria120
Western Australia14
Australian Capital Territory12
United States9
New Mexico8
Other Territories8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderMonotremes · Monotremata
FamilyEchidnas · Tachyglossidae
GenusShort-beaked echidnas · Tachyglossus

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