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Short-beaked Echidna
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Tachyglossus aculeatus
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| | Number of Subspecies: | 05-06 | | Subspecies: | Southeastern Australian Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus) - SE Australia (Victoria, New South Wales), Queensland
New Guinean Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus lawesi)- New Guinea. , Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Kangaroo Island Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeata) - Australia, Kangaroo Island
Tasmanian Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosa)- Tasmania
Tachyglossus aculeatus novaehollandiae - New Hollande
Tachyglossus aculeatus typicus
T.a.acanthion/T.a.corealis/T.a.ineptus/T.a.orientalis synonyms of T.a.aculeatus; T.a.breviaculeata/T.a.longirostris synonyms of T.a. setosa
T.a. novaehollandiae: Incertae sedis and unplaced taxon in genus tachyglossus | | Information Source for Taxonomy: | Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 5 - Monotremes and Marsupials, 2015
| | Range: | Australia, Tasmania | | Head-Torso-Length: | 30 - 53 cm | | Weight: | 2 - 8 kg | | IUCN status: | LC (Least Concern)
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