Tachyglossus aculeatus
2 Short-beaked Echidna at Hackett, ACT
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| Tachyglossus aculeatus | MichaelMulvaney | 23 Oct 2019 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | TimL | 23 Oct 2019 |
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Echidna washday. The Echidna was sighted in a stream bed with running water adjacent to ANBG’s Red Centre. It entered the water and spent several minutes soaking and scratching itself before emerging and continuing on its way. Not having seen this behaviour before, more images are included in previous sighting 4238386 to provide as much information to CNM as possible. Thanks to Marcus Leach for help with this sighting.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.106940-35.274097
- Altitude 614.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Oct 2019 12:12 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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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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6 / 7
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