tachyglossus meaning

• Noun: Tachyglossus
  1. Type genus of the family Tachyglossidae
     - genus Tachyglossus

  Type of: mammal genus

  Part of: family Tachyglossidae, Tachyglossidae

  Encyclopedia: Tachyglossus

• Echidna ( " Tachyglossus aculeatus " ) searching for food among sand dunes at Friendly Beaches.
• Predators include the short-beaked echidna ( " Tachyglossus aculeatus " ) and a number of bird species.
• The "'Short-beaked Echidna "'is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus " Tachyglossus ".
• A number of predators eat these ants, including the short-beaked echidna ( " Tachyglossus aculeatus " ), numerous species of birds, blindsnakes and spiders.
• A prominent predator is the short-beaked echidna ( " Tachyglossus aculeatus " ) that eats the virgin queens during nuptial flight due to their high percentage of fat.
• Echidnas ( " Tachyglossus aculeatus " ) can be seen during the day foraging through litter on forest floors, or among coastal vegetation, searching for ants or other food sources.
• Common ringtail possums ( " Pseudocheirus peregrinus " ), short-beaked echidna ( " Tachyglossus aculeatus " ) and various bat species are known to inhabit the park.
• Banded sugar ants have been found in the feces of the short-beaked echidna ( " Tachyglossus aculeatus " ), and non-passerine birds are known to predate them.
• These ants are preyed on by the short-beaked echidna ( " Tachyglossus aculeatus " ), and by spiders in the genus " social parasite that lays its eggs inside the colony.
• The short-beaked echidna ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ) and its subspecies populate Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and Kangaroo Island while the long-beaked echidna ( Zaglossus bruijni ) lives only in New Guinea.

• "tachyglossus" meaning in Chinese: 针鼹属