394 OBNITHOBTNCHTD^. 



2. ECHIDNA. 



Beak elongate, cylindrical, attenuated. Mouth small, terminal. 

 Tongue very long. Body covered with spines. Tail very short. 

 Osteology. — Cuv. Oss. Foss. t. 13 (shield). 



Echidna, Cuv. Tahl. Elhn. p. 143, 1797; Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 386. 

 Tachyglossus, Uliger, Prodr. 1811. 

 Omithorhynchus, sp., Home. 

 Mynnecophaga, sp., Shaic. 



Echidna aculeata. 



Echidna aculeata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 386. 



Echidna australiensis, Less. Main. p. 318. 



Echidna hystrix, Chiv. R. A. i. p. 226 ; Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. t. 90 ; 



Gu^d(I, Mamm. Atistr. i. t. 2; Gerrard, Cat. Banes B. M. p. 288. 

 Echidna longiaculeata, Tiedem. Zool. i. p. 592. 

 Mynnecophaga aculeata, Shaiv, Nat. 3Iisc. t. 109, 1792. 

 Tachyglossus aculeatus, Eliger ; Schreb. Sauyeth. t. 63 B. 

 Tachyglossus hystrix, Wayner ; Schreb. Sdvyeth. iv. p. 242. 

 Ornithorhj-nchus hystrix, 'Home, Phil. Trans. 1802, p. 348. 

 Porcupine Ant-eater, Shaw. • 

 Echidne, Ctivier, Oss. Foss. v. pp. 144, 613 (skeleton). 



Hob. Australia. 



Var. More hairy. 



Echidna setosa, Cuv. R. A. i. p. 226, 1817: Gould, Mamin. Austr. i. 



t. 3. 

 Echidna brevicaudata, Tiedcmann, Zool. i. p. 392. 

 Tachyglossus setosus, Llliyer ; Schreb. Sauyeth. t. 63. 



Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 



