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SPECIES Tachyglossus aculeatus
| Author: | Shaw, 1792. | | Citation: | Nat. Misc., 3: pl. 109. | | Common Name: | Short-beaked Echidna | | Type Locality: | Australia, New South Wales, New Holland (= Sydney). | | Distribution: | S and E New Guinea; Australia, including Kangaroo Isl (off South Australia) and Tasmania. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as T. a. multiaculeatus; otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Abundant throughout its range. | | Comments: | Includes lawesii and setosus, see Ride (1970:231). Subspecies are unclear, and revision is needed. Species name commonly attributed to Shaw and Nodder, but Nodder was the publisher, not an author. |
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