Tachyglossus aculeatus
Short-beaked Echidna at Cook, ACT
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| Tachyglossus aculeatus | MartinPredavec | 9 Aug 2025 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | CarbonAI | 8 Aug 2025 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | Rheardy | 8 Aug 2025 |
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User's notes
This is the first time I have seen an Echidna this high up on Mount Painter. Note the tick behind the ear.
2 comments
10 Aug 2025
A year or two ago, I saw an echidna just a little further north from this sighting on the far side of the patch of trees and shrubs.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.064018-35.268088
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Aug 2025 03:56 PM Recorded on
- Rheardy 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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5 / 7
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