Tachyglossidae
Echidnas
- Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna, Australia)
- Zaglossus bruijni (long-beaked echidna, New Guinea)
- Zaglossus bartoni (long-beaked echidna, New Guinea)
- Zaglossus attenboroughi (long-beaked echidna, New Guinea)
References
Augee, M. L., ed. 1992. Platypus and Echidnas. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.
Augee, M. L. and B. Gooden. 1993. Echidnas of Australia and New Guinea. Australian Natural History Series, NSW University Press.
Flannery, T. F. and C. P. Groves. 1998. A revision of the genus Zaglossus (Monotremata, Tachyglossidae), with description of new species and subspecies. Mammalia 62:367-396.
Griffiths, M. 1999. Monotremes. Pages 295–302 in Encyclopedia of Reproduction, vol. 3. J.D. Neill, ed. Academic Press, San Diego.
Griffiths, M., R. T. Wells, and D. J. Barrie. 1991. Observations on the skulls of fossil and extant echidnas (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae). Australian Mammalogy 14:87-101.
Lee, M. H., R. Shroff, S. J. B. Cooper, and R. Hope. 1999. Evolution and molecular characterization of a beta-globin gene from the Australian echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12:205-214.
Musser, A. M. 2003. Review of the monotreme fossil record and comparison of palaeontological and molecular data. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. Molecular and Integreative Physiology 136(4):927-942.
Retief, J. D., R. J. Winkfein, and G. H. Dixon. 1993. Evolution of the monotremes - the sequences of the protamine p1 genes of platypus and echidna. European Journal of Biochemistry 218:457-461.
Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Mammal Species of the World. Third Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Information on the Internet
- The Enigma of the Echidna. National Wildlife Federation.
- Echidna Love Trains. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Short-Beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Tachyglossus aculeatus |
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| Location | captive at Melbourne Zoo, Victoria, Australia |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Echidna on the Prowl |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Andrew Barron |
| Scientific Name | Tachyglossus aculeatus |
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| Location | Featherdale Wildlife Park, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Echidna |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Devlyn |
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