Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Australische Mierenegel, Mierenegel, Tasmaanse Mierenegel
Common Names in English:
Australian Echidna, Echidna, Kangaroo Island Echidna, Short-Beaked Echidna, Short-Nosed Echidna, Spiny Anteater
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: They are found in a variety of habitats including forests , woodlands, meadows and Australian deserts. Echidnas have been found in high mountain areas with snow cover for parts of the year. In arid areas, Short-nosed Echidnas tend to be nocturnal , while in higher elevations and more temperate areas, they are more diurnal .[2]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Prototheria
()
- Gill, 1872
- Order:
Tachyglossa
()
- (Gill, 1872) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Family:
Tachyglossidae
()
- Gill, 1872
- Genus:
Tachyglossus
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Specific name:
aculeatus
- (Shaw, 1792)
- Scientific name: - Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)
- Specific name:
aculeatus
- (Shaw, 1792)
- Genus:
Tachyglossus
(
- Family:
Tachyglossidae
(
- Order:
Tachyglossa
(
- Subclass:
Prototheria
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tachyglossus
There are approximately 9 species in this genus:
T. aculeatus (Kangaroo Island Echidna) · T. aculeatus acanthion · T. aculeatus aculeatus (Short-Beaked Echidna) · T. aculeatus ineptus · T. aculeatus lawesi · T. aculeatus lawesii · T. aculeatus multiaculeatus (Kangaroo Island Echidna) · T. aculeatus setosus · T. aculeatus typicus
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. ENG url p. 2, p. 656.
- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 30.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 110, p. 113, p. 113, p. 119, p. 138, p. 141, p. 141, p. 642, p. 642, p. 810, p. 95.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 129, p. 24, p. 35.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 233, p. 266, p. 267.
- Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / by John Anderson, Superintendent of the Indian Museum. Calcutta, 1881-1891. ENG url p. 349.
- Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia in the Museum / by J.E. Gray London, 1869. ENG url p. 394.
- Colin P. Groves: Status: Abundant throughout its range
- Flannery, T.F. 1995. Mammals of New Guinea. Reed Books, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 28.
- General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. Chicago, 1938. ENG url p. 187.
- Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. and Morris, K. (compilers) 1996. Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group. .
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 229.
- Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed. The Johns Hopkins UniversityPress. Baltimore and London. 1629. ISBN: 0-8018-3970-X.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 17.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. ENG url p. 515, p. 545.
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- ENG url p. 367.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 457, p. 995.
- Records of the Australian Museum. Sydney, Australian Museum. ENG url p. 101, p. 168, p. 169, p. 213.
- Textbook of zoology / by George Edwin Potter. St. Louis: Mosby, 1947. ENG url p. 946.
- The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng. [etc.]: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux [etc.] ENG url p. 153, p. 244, p. 284, p. 61.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 18 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Mammal specimens
- University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Mammal specimens
- University of Washington Burke Museum, Mammal Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480050
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-552522
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13815619
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 552522
- IUCN ID: 41312
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11714
Footnotes
- Mean = 185.620 meters (608.990 feet), Standard Deviation = 304.070 based on 250 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008. [back]
