Feral European Rabbit Posterior | Short-beaked Echidna Profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Mammals (Mammalia) | ||||
Order: | Egg Laying Mammals (Monotremata) | ||||
Family: | Echidna (Tachyglossidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) | ||||
This Photo: | Front | ||||
Thank you Jane Widness for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Riverland and elsewhere Covered in sharp spines. In defence will wedge themselves under bushes (in this case rocks) or, if out in the open, dig themselves down by pushing soil out the side. Their spines are dark grey and light brown | |||||
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