Can you find echidnas in the Australian outback?

Answer 1

Yes, the echidna is native to Australia, but it is also native to New Guinea. The species in Australia is the short-beaked echidna and the species native to New Guinea is the long-beaked echidna. These are the only two countries in which the echidna is found.

Answer 2

Yes, they are found there.

You are more likely to find them in the less hot areas along the Eastern seaboard particularly Southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. They like areas with slightly moist soils with plenty of leaf litter and of course rotting timber. They are a very common sight in back gardens and roadside around smaller towns rather than in city areas. They do tend to make a mess of your lawn, garden beds etc.

Further information:

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of the reasons why they are not threatened by habitat loss. They live anywhere from bushland and woodlands, rocky areas as long as the soil is loose enough to dig, snowy mountains, sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants. The short-beaaked echidna of Australia does not have a preference for moist soils, but the long-beaked echidna found on the island of New Guinea prefers moister environments.

Answer 3

Australia is the only country in Australia. The short-beaked echidna is native to Australia, and found throughout the continent, as well as the island state of Tasmania.

Both short-beaked and long-beaked echidnas are also native to the island of New Guinea.

Answer 4

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of the reasons why they are not threatened by habitat loss. They live anywhere from bushland and woodlands, rocky areas as long as the soil is loose enough to dig, snowy mountains, sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants.

Answer 5

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of the reasons why they are not threatened by habitat loss. They live anywhere from bushland and woodlands, rocky areas as long as the soil is loose enough to dig, snowy mountains, sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants.

Answer 6

The platypus can live in a variety of biomes within Australia.

• Platypuses can be found in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests
• They can be found in wet or dry sclerophyll forest (bushland)
• They are also found in sub-alpine forests

Platypuses live in burrows they dig in the banks of freshwater creeks, rivers and dams.

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of the reasons why they are not threatened by habitat loss. They live anywhere from bushland and woodlands, rocky areas as long as the soil is loose enough to dig, snowy mountains, sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants.