short-beaked echidna
species of mammal
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Summary
short-beaked echidna is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,438 views/month, #1,176 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Tachyglossus[5]
- Taxon name: Tachyglossus aculeatus[6]
- Commons category: Tachyglossus aculeatus[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tachyglossus aculeatus[8]
- Commons gallery: Tachyglossus aculeatus[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[12]
- Original combination: Myrmecophaga aculeata[13]
- Has characteristic: viviparity[14]
- Short name: T. aculeatus[15]
- Taxon common name: Short-beaked echidna[16], Échidnés À Nez Court Épineux[17], Kangaroo Island Echidna[18], Short-nosed Echidna[19], Spiny Anteater[20], Kurzschnabeligel[21], kratkorili kljunati ježek[22], Australian Echidna[23], Bristly Echidna[24]
- Gestation period: 24.5 day[25]
- Longest observed lifespan: 49.5 years[26]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]
- Taxon author citation: (Shaw, 1792)[28]
- Litter size: 1[29]
- Period of lactation: 200 day[30]
- Diel cycle: nocturnal[31]
- Taxon range: Australia[32], Papua New Guinea[33], Indonesia[34]
- Time in the pouch: 52.5 day[35]
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Identifiers
short-beaked echidna's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43239[36]. short-beaked echidna's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9261[37]. short-beaked echidna's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 323859[38]. short-beaked echidna's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433378[39]. short-beaked echidna's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552522[40].
Why It Matters
short-beaked echidna has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]