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  The Ultimate Echidna Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Echidnas are the only surviving monotremes apart from the Platypus.
The Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) of the highland forests.
The Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is found in south east New Guinea and also occurs in almost all Australian environments: from the snow-clad Australian Alps to the deep deserts of the Outback: essentially anywhere that ants and termites are available.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Echidna   (571 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Homonym   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The rule of zoological nomenclature is that the first name to be published is valid (the senior homonym); any others are junior homonyms and must be replaced with new names.
For example, Georges Cuvier proposed the genus Echidna in 1797 for the spiny anteater.
However, Johann Reinhold Forster had published the name Echidna in 1777 for a genus of moray eels.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Homonym   (496 words)

  
 Timeline of evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is often referred to as a living fossil.
164 Ma The oldest swimming mammal, Castorocauda lutrasimilis, is the immediate predecessor of modern mammals such as the platypus and echidna.
Both chimpanzees and humans have a larynx that repositions during the first two years of life to a spot between the pharynx and the lungs, indicating that the common ancestors have this feature, a precursor of speech.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_evolution   (6795 words)

  
 Australian Wildlife Feature Story - Short-beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
the long-beaked echidna lives in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and eats mainly earthworms so it is affected by clearing of forests
a threatened echidna pulls its head in and curls into a ball to protect its belly so that all that is presented is a ball of spines
Echidnas of Australia and New Guinea, M Augee and B Gooden, 1993.
www.australianwildlife.com.au /features/echidna.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for american eel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
American Eel Juvenile eels Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Anguillifae Genus: Anguilla Species: Anguilla Rostrata The American Eel Anguilla Rostrata Is A Fish Found On The Eastern Coast Of The United States....
Conger Or Conger Eel Is A Vernacular Term Used Of A Number Of Different Species Of Fish, Mostly eels Of The Family Congridae, And Especially The Genus Conger....
Short--finned Eel Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Anguillidae Genus: Anguilla Species: Australis Binomial Name Anguilla Australis Richardson, 1841 The Short-Finned Eel Anguilla Australis Is One Of The 15 Species Of Eel In The Family Anguillidae....
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