Short-beaked Echidna at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 7 Aug 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 7 Aug 2018 | Mothy |
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Spotted in Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, near the Wetlands, 6th August. The bigger yellow one was following very closely the smaller, darker one.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
8 Aug 2018
It is mating season and you have witnessed a echidna train where males follow females, until she is ready to mate.
Mothy
wrote:
8 Aug 2018
Yep! Was stoked to have witnessed it. Short video in this tweet here -
https://twitter.com/TimKofCanberra/status/1026353993830649856
https://twitter.com/TimKofCanberra/status/1026353993830649856
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.157622-35.179389
- Altitude 626.6m
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 6 Aug 2018 04:20 PM Recorded on
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- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Tachyglossus aculeatus Scientific name
- Short-beaked Echidna Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1438.2m Recorded at altitude
- 559 images trained Machine learning
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