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  Genus Zaglossus or long-beaked echida and New Guinean echidna
Genus Zaglossus or long-beaked echida and New Guinean echidna
Zaglossus hacketti (extinct) Zaglossus robustus (extinct) Zaglossus is the genus of the echidna, a spiny monotreme that lives in Australia.
The long-nosed echidna, Zaglossus, is confined to New Guinea.
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Monotremata/Tachyglossidae/Zaglossus/index.html   (241 words)

  
  echidna - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Zaglossus genus includes two surviving species, and two extinct species known only from fossils; while only one species of the Tachyglossus genus is known.
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.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/echidna   (542 words)

  
 Echidna Information
They feed by tearing open soft logs, anthills and the like, and using their long, sticky tongue to sweep up termites, ants and other small arthropods, which are crushed between the tongue and the roof of their mouth.
Zaglossus bruijni the Long-beaked Echidna 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: essentially anywhere that ants and termites are available.
www.junglewalk.com /info/echidna-information.htm   (567 words)

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