Endangered Species Project

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Endangered Species Project

• Long-Beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni)
• Tim Parker

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• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordate
• Class Mammalia
• Order Monotremata
• Family Tachyglossidae
• Genus species Zaglossus bruijni

• Taxonomy

• Taxonomy

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Physical Description

• Weight 5 to 16 kg.
• Length 450-775 mm.
• Hair Black, yellow and brown.
• Quills

http//www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/June2000
/default.htm
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Physical Description

• Short tail.
• Long, tubular snout.
• No teeth, small spikes on tongue.
• Claws.

http//www.2docstock.com/galleries/Gallery20A20-
animals2020Nature/pages/ECHIDNA.htm
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• Habitat

• Lives in New Guinea, Australia and Indonesia.

brainmuseum.org/Specimens/monotremata/echidna/
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• Habitat

• Lives in rain
• forests and
• mountain meadows.

http//www.nationalgeographic.com
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• Niche

• Consumes worms / ants.
• Babies are hunted by foxes/snakes.
• Adults are hunted by wild cats and dogs.
• Evolution Egg-laying mammal.

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Food

• Food

• Nocturnal forager.
• Earthworms, termites, larvae and ants.

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Shelter

• Shelter

• It shelters in hollow logs, cavities. under roots
  or rocks, and burrows.

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Reproduction

• Reproduction

• Female emits a scent. (July)
• Its a monotreme.
• 4-6 pups in 40 days.
• Females mate every 3 to 7 years.

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Endangerment

• Endangerment

• Hunted with trained dogs.

• Loss of natural forest habitat due to farming.

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How can the echidna be conserved?

• Prohibit hunting.
• Establish wildlife reserves for them.

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Comprehension Questions

• What are some physical traits of the echidna?

• Why is it endangered?

• How can it be saved?

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Sources Cited

• Australia Broadcasting Online
• http//www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/June2000
  /default.htm
• Echidna Love Trains, pictures of animal.
• Clip Clubhouse
• http//www.webpagebackground.com/sample/fallleaves
  .htm
• Backgrounds
• Updates From Down Under
• http//www.2docstock.com/galleries/Gallery20A20
  animals2020Nature/pages/ECHIDNA.htm
• Picture of the animal
• 1st HAMLYN HEIGHTS JOEY SCOUT MOB
• http//www.users.bigpond.com/MUZZA_BRANCH/
• Cartoon of echidna.
• Comparative Mammalian Brain Collection
• http//brainmuseum.org/Specimens/monotremata/echid
  na/
• Species map image.
• World Wildlife
• http//www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/ph
  otos/aa/aa0122a.html
• Picture of rain forest.
• Monotreme.com

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Goodbye!

• Later!

http//www.wumpus.com.au/eric/