Tachyglossus aculeatus
Short-beaked Echidna at Deakin, ACT
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| Tachyglossus aculeatus | MichaelBedingfield | 15 Oct 2025 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | CarbonAI | 14 Oct 2025 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | Ct1000 | 14 Oct 2025 |
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I watched this echidna go across the road move around about and than seemingly in a casual way go down into a hole that it seemed to know was there and it would fit in... It didn't dig... I've never seen this behaviour before so was curious if there's the possibility I found a burrow / den?
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Location information
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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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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