Tachyglossus aculeatus

Short-beaked Echidna at Majura, ACT

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	Tachyglossus aculeatus	24 Sep 2023	CarbonAI
	Tachyglossus aculeatus	24 Sep 2023	Berlge

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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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waltraud wrote:

24 Sep 2023

most likely...

DonFletcher wrote:

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.

DonFletcher wrote:

24 Sep 2023

So I agree with Carbon AI

waltraud wrote:

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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Location information

Coordinates 149.177353 -35.247986
Altitude 702.0m
Places Majura, ACT

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4 - 15 Abundance
18 Sep 2023 06:22 AM Recorded on
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Berlge Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Monotremes Mammals

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Tachyglossus aculeatus Scientific name
Short-beaked Echidna Common name
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Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1888.33m Recorded at altitude
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Tachyglossus aculeatus

Short-beaked Echidna at Majura, ACT

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