Order: Monotremata

Question 1

What is the scientific name of the Short-beaked Echidna?

(Family, Genus, Species)

Answer 1

Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus aculeatus

Question 2

How many subspecies of short-beaked Echidna are there?

Answer 2

5 subspecies

Question 3

How do the subspecies of short-beaked Echidna differ?

Answer 3

• hairiness
• spine length and width
• the size of the grooming claws on their hind feet

Question 4

What subspecies of short-beaked echidna lives in Tasmania & on some islands in Bass strait?

(Genus, Species, Subspecies)

Answer 4

Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus

Question 5

What Subspecies of short-beaked Echidna is found on Kangaroo island?

(Genus, Species, Subspecies)

Answer 5

Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus

Question 6

What subspecies of short-beaked Echidna can be found in coastal regions and the highlands of New Guinea, and possibly in the rainforests of Northeast Queensland, Australia?

(Genus, Species, Subspecies)

Answer 6

Tachyglossus aculeatus lawesii

Question 7

What subspecies of short-beaked echidna is found in the provinces of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria in Australia?

(Genus, Species, Subspecies)

Answer 7

Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus

Question 8

What subspecies of short-beaked echidna is found in the Northern Territory and Western Australia?

(Genus, Species, Subspecies)

Answer 8

Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion

Question 9

What is the Family and Genus of long-beaked echidna?

Answer 9

Tachyglossidae Zaglossus