Short-beaked Echidna at Forde, ACT
Identification history
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 25 Oct 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 25 Oct 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 25 Oct 2024 | TimL |
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User's notes
The final two images show close-ups of the spines with what appear to be longitudinal cracks starting to form along some spines from the tip area. I haven't seen this before and am unsure what this is.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.167170-35.170297
- Altitude 659.7m
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Forde, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Oct 2024 11:33 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Mammals Monotremes
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Tachyglossus aculeatus Scientific name
- Short-beaked Echidna Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1888.33m Recorded at altitude
- 684 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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