Tachyglossus aculeatus

2 Short-beaked Echidna at Deakin, ACT

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Identification history

	Tachyglossus aculeatus	30 Jan 2020	MichaelBedingfield
	Tachyglossus aculeatus	29 Jan 2020	JackyF

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Adult, walking and periodically sticking beak into soil for food (photo 3). A smaller, lighter-coloured echidna was about 20m away but did not seem to be following this one, see separate sighting.

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29 Jan 2020 12:31 PM Recorded on
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JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Monotremes Mammals

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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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