Tachyglossus aculeatus
2 Short-beaked Echidna at Penrose, NSW
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| Tachyglossus aculeatus | Liam.m | 18 Sep 2024 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | CarbonAI | 14 Sep 2024 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | Aussiegall | 14 Sep 2024 |
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A young/small echidna. It walked straight up to me and sniffed my shoe then left. It returned to the paddock later on and spent around an hour digging up ants nests
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Location information
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Aussiegall Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Dependent young Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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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