Short-beaked Echidna at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 24 Jan 2018 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 24 Jan 2018 | AlisonMilton |
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I've been up to the collared sparrowhawk nest three times this week and each time seen an echidna in the area but this was the first time I saw two. The one on Monday seemed to be a lighter colour, smaller and perhaps younger (also a bit further south).
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.106138-35.273847
- Altitude 605.9m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 12 Jan 2018 11:19 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tachyglossus aculeatus Monotremes Mammals
Species information
- Tachyglossus aculeatus Scientific name
- Short-beaked Echidna Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1888.33m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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