Echnidnas

Echnidnas Links

• Rainforest Echidna Description and photos of Tachyglossus aculeatus, courtesy of Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Atherton Tableland, Far North Queensland.
  
• Short-beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus Photo and brief description. Includes the animal's name in three Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland: Oykangand, Olkola and Pakanh.
  
• Monotreme Extreme About the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus) and its care and habits.
  
• Stewart Nicol's Home Page Researcher outlines his interests in hibernation physiology of the echnidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and other animals. Includes MPEG movie of Dr. Nicol excavating a hibernating echidna.
  
• The Echidna and I Large collection of lore about these monotremes, including biology, interesting stories, and fun things to do.
  
• The Echidna Brief description, with drawings and photos, of these spine covered, insectivorous, monotreme mammals occuring in two genera: Zaglossus or Proechidna of New Guinea and Tachyglossus of Australia and southern New Guinea.
  
• Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) Brief summary of facts about this endangered echidna from New Guinea.