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Credits:
Dr. Peggy Rismiller, University of Adelaide
Mike McKelvey, Pelican Lagoon Research and Wildlife Centre
Dr. Stewart Nicol, University of Tasmania
Dr. Steve Johnston, University of Queensland
Dr. Jane C. Fenelon, University of Melbourne
Dr. Kate Dutton-Regester, University of Queensland
Dr. Ingmar Werneburg, Senckenberg Research Institute
Dr. Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra, University of Zurich
Taronga Zoo Sydney
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
RISMAC
Steve Gartner “The echidna (or spiny ant-eater) (1969)”
© Copyright CSIRO Australia-The echidna (or spiny ant-eater) (1969)
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© Copyright CSIRO Australia-Comparative biology of lactation (1974)
• Echidna hatching (1974)
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Dutton-Regester, KJ. New insights into the reproductive physiology of female short-beaked echidnas. The University of Queensland (2022). doi.org/10.142...
Dutton-Regester KJ, Roser A, Meer H, Renfree MB, Phillips C, Johnston SD. Reproductive behaviour before and after oestrus and oviposition in the captive short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Reprod Fertil Dev. 2022 Sep;34(14):920-932. doi: 10.1071/RD22092.
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Nicol, Stewart C., Andersen Niels A., Morrow Gemma E., Harris Rachel L. (2019) Spurs, sexual dimorphism and reproductive maturity in Tasmanian echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus). Australian Mammalogy 41, 161-169. doi.org/10.107...
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Rismiller, Peggy D & Frank Grutzner, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae), Mammalian Species, Volume 51, Issue 980, 3 October 2019, Pages 75-91, doi.org/10.109...
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