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EDGE of Existence :: Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered
Seychelles frog (possibly the world's smallest amphibian) and the egg-laying long-beaked echidnas, remain poorly understood. Alarmingly, two-thirds of the top 100 EDGE mammal species ... wonderful species we are highlighting. EDGE Amphibians Gardiner's Seychelles frog EDGE Mammals Long-beaked echidna HOME | ABOUT | SPECIES | CONSERVATION | COMMUNITY | EDGE BLOG | SUPPORT The Zoological Society of ...
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EDGE of Existence :: Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered
New Guinea, long-beaked echidnas are widespread and found in both Papua New Guinea in the west and Papua on the Indonesian side. Echidnas are among the most primitive mammals ... years. Long-beaked echidnas have no teeth; instead their tongues are covered in spikes (teeth-like projections), which are very effective in hooking earthworms and drawing them into the mouth. Echidnas are ...
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Keeping Marsupials : Keeping and Breeding Marsupials in Captivity, Maintaining Injured and Orphaned Wildlife in Captivity, Animal Husbandry, Australian Marsupials, Australian Mammals, Marsupial Conservation
Pleistocene epochs. The large forms of Zaglossus, once common throughout Australia, are now confined to New Guinea. At least two species of these large, long-beaked echidnas have ...
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San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Echidna
Tachyglossidae, means “fast tongue.” Egg-laying mammals are called monotremes. There are only three kinds of monotremes in the world: the long-beaked echidna, short-beaked ... its own, at about 7 months old. Endangered echidnas The long-beaked echidna, found only in New Guinea, is ... estimated that there are less than 300,000 long-beaked echidnas left in the world. More to learn The ...
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Lost World Found In New Guinea
We were able to simply pick up two Long-Beaked Echidnas, a primitive egg-laying mammal that is little known," he added. The scientists captured the ...
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Mammals
Conservation Primate Conservation Ethics Initiative Mammals Monotremata: Monotremes Tachyglossidae: Echidnas, or Spiny Anteaters Ornithorhynchidae: Duck-billed Platypus Marsupialia: Marsupials Didelphidae: ... Dolphins and Porpoises Phocoenidae: Porpoises Monodontidae: Beluga and Narwhal Ziphiidae: Beaked Whales Physeteridae: Sperm Whales Eschrichtidae: Gray Whale Balaenopteridae: Rorquals Balaenidae ...
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WWF - New Guinea Montane Forests - A Global Ecoregion
Ecoregions Maps Protected Areas New Guinea Montane Forests - A Global Ecoregion Home to Echidnas, the unusual egg-laying mammals Snapshot: Ecoregion 15 Size: 288,000 sq. km ( ... (P. carmelitae), the endemic Telefomin horseshoe-bat (Hipposideros corynophyllus), and the long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni). Echidnas are unusual egg-laying mammals that shuffle about searching for ants, termites, ...
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