Short-beaked echidna

Short-beaked echidna
	Near Scottsdale, Tasmania
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Monotremata
Family:	Tachyglossidae
Genus:	Tachyglossus; Illiger, 1811
Species:	T. aculeatus
Binomial name
	Tachyglossus aculeatus; (Shaw, 1792)
	Short-beaked echidna range
Synonyms
	Genus-level: Myrmecophaga Shaw, 1792; Aculeata É. Geoffroy, 1796; Echidna G. Cuvier, 1797; Acanthonotus Goldfuss, 1809; Echinopus G. Fischer, 1814; Syphonia Rafinesque, 1815;

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), also known as the short-nosed echidna, is a spiny anteater native to Australia. It is one of four living species of echidna, and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus.

^ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Monotremata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L.; Helgen, K. (2016). "Tachyglossus aculeatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41312A21964662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41312A21964662.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Jackson, Stephen; Groves, Colin (2015). "Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811". Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-1-4863-0012-9.
^ Iredale, Tom; Troughton, Ellis Le G. (1934). "Genus Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811". A Check-List of the Mammals Recorded from Australia. Australia Museum Memoirs. Vol. 6. Sydney. p. 2. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[msw3-1] Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Monotremata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-2] Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L.; Helgen, K. (2016). "Tachyglossus aculeatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41312A21964662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41312A21964662.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[3] Jackson, Stephen; Groves, Colin (2015). "Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811". Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-1-4863-0012-9.

[4] Iredale, Tom; Troughton, Ellis Le G. (1934). "Genus Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811". A Check-List of the Mammals Recorded from Australia. Australia Museum Memoirs. Vol. 6. Sydney. p. 2. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Short-beaked echidna^[1]

Near Scottsdale, Tasmania
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Monotremata
Family:	Tachyglossidae
Genus:	Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811
Species:	T. aculeatus
Binomial name
*Tachyglossus aculeatus* (Shaw, 1792)

Short-beaked echidna range
Synonyms^[3]^[4]
Genus-level: Myrmecophaga Shaw, 1792 Aculeata É. Geoffroy, 1796 Echidna G. Cuvier, 1797 Acanthonotus Goldfuss, 1809 Echinopus G. Fischer, 1814 Syphonia Rafinesque, 1815