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Tachyglossidae

Tachyglossidae

Spiny Anteater,echidna

Features:One of the most primitive mammals and one of only two monotremes in the world.

Echidna, or Tachyglossidae, is commonly known as the spiny anteater. It is a surviving monotreme along with the platypus. There are three genera and six species in this family, of which the giant echidna is extinct, and the other two genera live in Australia and New Guinea.Echidna is a warm-blooded...

Tachyglossidae

Tachyglossidae

Spiny Anteater

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Echidna (Tachyglossidae), one of four peculiar egg-laying mammals found in Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea. They eat and breathe through a bald tube-like beak extending from their dome-shaped body. Covered with spines. Echidnas have round eyes and slits for ears, two small nostrils (or nostrils) at the end of their beak, and a small mouth. Electroreceptors in the skin of the beak sense electrical signals produced by the muscles of invertebrate prey. Echidnas are active day and night....

platypus

platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

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The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a small Australian amphibian mammal known for its strange combination of primitive features and special adaptations, particularly its flat, almost comical beak, which early observers believed was sewn onto the mammal's body duck's beak. There is noticeable white fur under the eyes, adding to its unique appearance. The hair on the rest of the body is dark brown to light brown above and lighter underneath. Platypus in Australia...

Zaglossus bartoni

Zaglossus bartoni

Zaglossus bartoni

Features:It is the largest of the monotremes

The Great long-robed echidna (Zaglossus bartoni) is a species of proto-echidna found in New Guinea, with four subspecies. They curl their bodies to defend themselves when attacked. The hard black hair on the back is covered with thorns like "steel nails", no tail, slow action, although the...

Zaglossus attenboroughi

Zaglossus attenboroughi

Zaglossus attenboroughi

Features:It is the tiniest member of the protoechidna genus, closely related to the Australian echidna

Attenborough's scientific name is Zaglossus attenboroughi, after David Attenborough. Like to dig holes, harm crops, harmful to agriculture, so it is a pest. But that's just from a human point of view, from a biological chain point of view, where moles play an important role. The hair is brow...

Western Long-beaked Echidna

Western Long-beaked Echidna

Western Long-beaked Echidna,Long-nosed Spiny Anteater,New Guinea Long-nosed Echidna,Long-beaked Echidna,Long-nosed Echidna,Zaglossus bruijnii

Features:It is the largest member of the monotreme

Echidna long-rostris Zaglossus bruijnii) Western Long-beaked Echidna, Long-nosed Spiny Anteater, New Guinea Long-nosed Echidna, Long-beaked Echidna, Long-nosed Echidna, almost twice the size of the short-rossed echidna, is the largest member of the monotreme order, with no subspecies.Although they d...

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Features:It is the most widely distributed and common monotreme in existence

The Australian echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus is adapted to an ant-eating lifestyle and lives in rocky, sandy and scrub areas, living in crevasses and self-dug burrows. Come out at dusk and night. Powerful claws for digging. Usually on the ground activities, encounter danger, can quickly dig into th...