Buckles Blog: TARONGA #7

Thursday, January 24, 2019

TARONGA #7

6 comments:

Paul Gutheil said...: Echidna.; 24 January, 2019 11:47
Jim Alexander said...: When we toured Taronga about 23 years ago in one building we saw platypus, several Tasmanian echidna (in many US zoos) and New Guinea echidna (didn't see those anywhere else in Australia). Taronga also had a building devoted to a variety of smaller Australian marsupials. One of those exhibits that wasn't flashy but probably the only time you would see many of those animals.; 24 January, 2019 13:27
Richard Reynolds said...: This is the long nosed echidna or Brujin's echidna from New Guinea. It does not seem to have been exhibited in USA but several have lived a long time in European zoos.; 24 January, 2019 16:16
Roger Smith said...: The echidna and the platypus are the only 2 mammals which lay eggs instead of giving live birth.; 24 January, 2019 17:04
Richard Reynolds said...: Correction - - This is a common short nosed echidna. The long nosed one is a much different looking animal. And it has been shown in the Dallas Zoo.; 24 January, 2019 17:11
Chic Silber said...: Egg laying mammals are Monotremes

As Roger mentions there are only

these 2 species of Monotremes; 24 January, 2019 21:33

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