The short-beaked echidna weighs between 2 and 6kg. The mass of an adult male averages about 5kg, whilst a female is around 4kg. Southern echidnas tend to be heavier than their northern counterparts.
Short-beaked echidna was created in 1792.
There are only two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of New Guinea. There are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
The short-beaked echidna is completely harmless, except to the ants and termites it eats.
There are just three species of monotreme: the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna. There are then three sub-species of the long-beaked echidna - the Eastern long-beaked echidna, Western long-beaked echidna and Sir David's long-beaked echidna.
Depending on the subspecies, a long-beaked echidna will weigh between 6 and 16 kg. the average weight is about 9 kg. This is considerably more than its smaller cousin, the short-beaked echidna.
There are just three kinds of monotreme: the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna. There are then three sub-species of the long-beaked echidna - the Eastern long-beaked echidna, Western long-beaked echidna and Sir David's long-beaked echidna.
There are only three monotremes: the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna.There are three sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
It depends on the species.There are only two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) of New Guinea. There are several sub-speciesof the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
There are only two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of New Guinea. There are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
The short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna are the two species of monotreme which have sharp spines.
The egg-laying mammals, or monotremes, are the platypus, the long-beaked echidna and the short-beaked echidna.
It is simply called an echidna.