Tachyglossus aculeatus
Short-beaked Echidna at Undefined Area
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| Tachyglossus aculeatus | CarbonAI | 24 Sep 2023 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | Berlge | 24 Sep 2023 |
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I've noticed numerous fresh small digging holes over winter and early spring on Majura reserve. Conical shaped holes 5-10cm deep. Not like rabbit digs.
Could they be echidnas getting grubs?
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24 Sep 2023
Pigs do a remarkable variety of marks and diggings but this is not one I have seen from pigs and pigs are not known at Ainslie Majura at the present time. Long nosed bandicoots are spreading in the ACT and they do what you describe - numerous small holes, conical shaped 5-10 cm deep but not the same as rabbit digs. Echidnas and bandicoots overlap in what they produce - either can produce some of the digs produced by the other, but only echidnas can produce wide digs, move stones more than a few cm wide, and throw dirt well to the side. I think this is robust enough to be echidna, most likely.
24 Sep 2023
Bandicoots have been eliminated from Mts Majura Ainslie a long time ago, I'm afraid. There were pigs at the north slope attracted by carcass; perhaps 10years ago.
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- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 18 Sep 2023 06:22 AM Recorded on
- Berlge Recorded by
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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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