Annotated links to sites about the echidna of Australia and New Guinea.

Brief summary of facts about this endangered echidna from New Guinea.

Description and photos of Tachyglossus aculeatus, courtesy of Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Atherton Tableland, Far North Queensland.

Photo and brief description. Includes the animal's name in three Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland: Oykangand, Olkola and Pakanh.

Brief description, with drawings and photos, of these spine covered, insectivorous, monotreme mammals occurring in two genera: Zaglossus or Proechidna of New Guinea and Tachyglossus of Australia and southern New Guinea.