Short-beaked Echidna

Order Monotremata; Family Tachyglossidae; Scientific name: Tachyglossus aculeatus; Subspecies acanthion; Common name: Short-beaked Echidna – Distribution in Australia: Subspecies acanthion is found throughout Western Australia and the Northern Territory and in the arid and semi-arid regions of South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.