Ken W.S. Ashwell, Craig D. Hardman, Anne M. Musser,
The Tachyglossidae (long- and short-beaked echidnas) are a family of monotremes, confined to Australia and New Guinea, that ... size, the suite of neurological specialisations in the Tachyglossidae has been remarkably constant: encephalisation, sensory anatomy and ...
Tópico(s): Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
2014 - Elsevier BV | Zoology
Ian K. Barker, Ian Beveridge, B. L. Munday,
... the feces of the echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae) from Australia. Eimeria tachyglossi has subspherical oocysts, 26. ...
Tópico(s): Mollusks and Parasites Studies
1985 - Wiley | The Journal of Protozoology
The Tachyglossidae (long- and short-beaked echidnas) are a family of monotremes, confined to Australia and New Guinea, that ... size, the suite of neurological specialisations in the Tachyglossidae has been remarkably constant: encephalisation, sensory anatomy and ...
Tópico(s): Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
1995 - Elsevier BV | Trends in Neurosciences
A partially articulated skeleton of a fossil ZagZossus from a cave located near Montagu, Tasmania, differs sufficiently from ZagZossus bruijni to warrant its assignment to another species.The Montagu specimen is probably conspecific with "Echidna (Proechidna)" robusta Dun, 1895 which includes the misnomer "Ornithorhynchus m=irrrus" Dun 1895.The Montagu fossil is also conspecific with ZagZossus harrissoni Scott and Lord, 1921, from King Island Tasmania.Echidna owenii and Echidna ramsayi are suggested ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
1978 - | Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
... species of Dipetalonema in the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Tachyglossidae). Eleven genera have been found in birds: Aprocta ( ...
Tópico(s): Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
1962 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Zoology
Terence J. Dawson, TR Grant, Dominic Fanning,
... Zaglossus bruijni and Tachyglossus aculeatus, of the Family Tachyglossidae, both had an SMR 25-30% of predicted ...
Tópico(s): thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses
1979 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Zoology
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Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
1989 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Mammalogy
Fritz Geiser, Roger S. Seymour,
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Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
1989 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Mammalogy
An Australian echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, was dissected in order to verify the positions, origins, and insertions of the major appendicular muscles. Muscle identifications followed Westling (1889). Drawings of muscles were made as the dissection progressed. In osteology and musculature, as in many other aspects of their biology, echidnas display a mosaic pattern of apparently reptilian, mammalian, and unique traits.
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
1988 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Zoology
Forty faeces samples of Tachyglossus aculeatus were collected for analysis from 10 haphazardly selected hollow logs of Eucalyptus salmonophloia (Salmon Gum) and E. wandoo (Wandoo) in two reserves in the wheat belt of Western Australia. The frequency of occurrence of termite species of the study area was determined by sampling the soil, mounds and dead surface wood; soldier-to-worker ratios were visually estimated at sampling sites. The ant fauna was assessed by pitfall trapping. The ratio of Formicidae ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
1988 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Mammalogy
M Griffiths, F. Krista, B. Green, A. C. Fogerty, K. Newgrain,
The diameters of home ranges of a lactating Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus and of two T. a. aculeatus were 425 m, 600 m and 800 m respectively. The nurseries of two of these animals were discovered; one consisted of a short burrow underneath the mound of a termite Nasutitermes exitiosus, the other was a burrow system in a mound of earth and garden refuse. The body weight of the young found under the termite mound increased from 206 g to 566 gin 54 clays, exhibiting an estimated total milk ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
1988 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Mammalogy
Ten adult and six juvenile Tachyglossus aculeatus were radio-tracked in two Western Australian wheatbelt reserves between January and November 1988. Mean body weights were 4.5 ± 0.2 kg (SE) (adults) and 2.5 ± 0.1 kg (juveniles). A maximum adult weight of 5.9 kg was recorded. Home-range determinations were based on 1848 observations (range 31 to 261 per echidna), using a modified minimum area method. Home-range sizes were 65 ± 17 ha (SE) (adults) and 23 ± 6 ha (juveniles), and these overlapped substantially. Home- ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
1991 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Mammalogy
Mark Griffiths, Rod Wells, D. John. Barrie,
The anatomies of four well-preserved, fossilised tachyglossid skulls from Naracoorte, South Australia are described and compared with that of a fossilised skull from north-western Tasmania, with those of 13 extant Long-beaked Echidnas, Zaglossus bruijnii, from New Guinea, and with those of II Short-beaked Echidnas, Tachyglossus aculeatus. The difference in structure and proportions of the rostrums, palates and craniums of the fossil forms from those of Z. bruijnii and T. aculeatus are so great that ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
1991 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Mammalogy
The area occupied by the Western Australian wheatbelt has experienced extensive land clearing for agriculture between 1900 and 1970. In many areas >90% of the original vegetation has been cleared, and exotic predators (fox and cat) are common. Of the 56 mammal species recorded for the region since agricultural settlement, 25% have become extinct and a further 21% have declined in range. Yet not all species have been equally affected. The echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion, a termite- and ant- ...
Tópico(s): Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
1991 - Elsevier BV | Biological Conservation
Max Abensperg‐Traun, Chris R. Dickman, E. S. De Boer,
Echidnas ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ) in wheatbelt reserves in Western Australia are primarily termite‐ and ant‐eaters. Using captive and free‐ranging animals, we tested whether echidnas respond to high density patches of these prey and also to differences in their mechanisms of defence. When feeding on termites, free‐ranging echidnas generally adjusted their foraging effort in response to prey abundance, increasing their rate of energy intake by digging deeper and allocating more time to patches where ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
1991 - Wiley | Journal of Zoology
Michael Westerman, D. B. G. Edwards,
DNA-DNA hybridizations have been used to assess the relationship between two living monotremes, Ornithorhynchus anatinus and Tachyglossus aculeatus. Differences between the unique DNA sequences of these two animals are consistent with a divergence date in the late Cretaceous - early Tertiary period.
Tópico(s): Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
1991 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Mammalogy
Max Abensperg‐Traun, E. S. De Boer,
This study investigates the effect of food distribution on the selection of foraging habitats, and the relationship between food availability, diet, ambient temperature, activity, use of shelter and energy budgets, in a termite‐and ant‐eating mammal, the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. In two Nature Reserves in the wheatbelt of Western Australia, 10 adults and six juveniles were radio‐tracked for II months during 1988. Animals were weighed monthly and their fresh faeces collected for dietary analysis. ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
1992 - Wiley | Journal of Zoology
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Tópico(s): Animal Genetics and Reproduction
1992 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Mammalogy
Jessica Oates, F. J. Bradshaw, Don Bradshaw, Rebecca A. Lonsdale,
The sex of three short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus), part of a captive colony in which no successful births have occurred, was determined by measuring levels of faecal sex steroids over a period of two months. Levels of faecal oestradiol-17β were found not to differ between male and female short-beaked echidnas. However, measurement of the oestradiol : androgen ratio (E : A ratio) and androgen concentrations successfully identified one male and two female echidnas. Mean E : A ratios for the ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2002 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Zoology
Frank Nelson. Pierce, Janet Mattiske, Peter Menkhorst,
Abstract The finding of the nursery burrow of a Short-beaked Echidna close to the house of the two senior authors allowed close observation and monitoring of breeding behaviour. Two young emerged from the nursery burrow eight days apart. Individual colour-marking of the mother and both young allowed their movements and behaviour to be monitored over subsequent months. Data are presented on post-emergence suckling of both young, which continued for 60 days after emergence, and included one instance ...
Tópico(s): Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
2007 - Field Naturalists Club of Victoria | The Victorian naturalist
Timothy F. Flannery, Colin P. Groves,
Une revision systematique des Monotremes du genre Zaglossus a montre une diversite morphologique inattendue. L'analyse statistique et non metrique indique qu'on peut reconnaitre trois especes: Zaglossus bruijnii (Peters et Doria, 1876) qui habite dans les regions de Vogelkop, Fak Fak et les Montagnes de Charles Louis; Zaglossus bartoni (Thomas, 1907) qui se trouve dans la cordillere centrale entre les Lacs Paniai et la chaine de montagnes Nanneau, ainsi que dans la Peninsule Huon; et Zaglossus attenboroughi ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
1998 - De Gruyter | Mammalia
Peggy D. Rismiller, Frank Grützner,
Abstract Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) is a monotreme commonly called the short-beaked echidna. Although considered Australia’s most common native mammal because of its continent-wide distribution, its population numbers everywhere are low. It is easily distinguished from all other native Australian mammals because of its spine-covered body, hairless beak, and unique “rolling” gait. The five subspecies, one of which is found in Papua New Guinea, show variations in fur density, spine diameter, ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2019 - Oxford University Press | Mammalian Species
Gilbert J. Price, Julien Louys, Garry K. Smith, Jonathan Cramb,
... recognised in two systems and include giant echidnas (Tachyglossidae gen. et sp. indet.), devils (Sarcophilus laniarius), koalas ( ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
2019 - PeerJ, Inc. | PeerJ
Timothy F. Flannery, Thomas H. Rich, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Tim Ziegler, E. Grace Veatch, Kristofer M. Helgen,
... families—Teinolophidae fam. nov., Kollikodontidae, Steropodontidae, Ornithorhynchidae, and Tachyglossidae. We also propose a new genus, Murrayglossus gen. ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2022 - Taylor & Francis | Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
Robert L. Snyder, Susan C. Moore,
... 593 months for an echidna of the family Tachyglossidae. Mean exhibition periods and mortality patterns for 20 ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
1968 - Wiley | International Zoo Yearbook
Lesley R. Smales, Aileen Elliot, Leslie A. Chisholm,
Tópico(s): Bird parasitology and diseases
2020 - Springer Science+Business Media | Acta Parasitologica
... 1. Shortening of the lumbar region, e.g., Tachyglossidae, Elephantidae, Sirenia; 2. Tightening of the lumbar region ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
2009 - Wiley | Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research
Jean‐Luc Gattolliat, Luke M. Jacobus,
The genus name Echinopus Gattolliat, 2002 is preoccupied and therefore must be considered as unavailable. Modaechinopus gen. nov. is proposed as a replacement name with the two new combinations Madaechinopus giboni (Gattolliat, 2002) and M. minutus (Gattolliat, 2002).
Tópico(s): Fossil Insects in Amber
2010 - Taylor & Francis | Aquatic Insects
Matthew J. Phillips, Thomas Bennett, Michael S. Y. Lee,
... data (2) in which platypuses (Ornithorhynchidae) and echidnas (Tachyglossidae) were inferred to be each other's closest ...
Tópico(s): Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
2010 - National Academy of Sciences | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Garrick Hitchcock, Simon Conaty, David Fell, Greg Gordon, Mark Ingram, Terry Reis, David W. G. Stanton, John Wigness,
Until recently there have been no confirmed records of medium-sized native terrestrial mammals from the Torres Strait Islands, far north Queensland. The Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus Shaw, 1792) and the Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus Gould, 1842) are reported here occurring on Mua (Moa Island). This is the most northerly known occurrence of these species in Australia; both also occur in New Guinea.
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2014 - Queensland Museum | Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature