Specimen C 41769.1 Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)

• Taxon Name

  Tachyglossus aculeatus

• Author and date of publication

  (Shaw, 1792)

• Preferred Common name

  Short-beaked Echidna

• Date Identified

  2022

• Identified By

  Kylie McGenniskin

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Skeleton, skull, Form: Dry

• Date of preparation

  20/01/2026

• Collected By

  Kylie McGenniskin

• Sampling Method

  salvage

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Mammalogy

• Collecting Areas

  Mammalogy

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Vertebrata

• Class

  Mammalia

• Order

  Monotremata

• Family

  Tachyglossidae

• Genus

  Tachyglossus

• Species Name

  aculeatus