394 ORNITHORTNCHTDiE. 



2. ECHIDITA. 



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. EUm. p. 143, 1797 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 386. 

 Tachyglossus, Uliger, Prodr. 1811. 

 Omithorhynchus, sp., Some. 

 Myrmecophsiga, sp., Shaw. 



Echidna acnleata. 



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



Echidna australiensis, Xess. Mam. p. 318. 



Echidna hystrix, Cuv. 2i.A.i. p. 226; Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. t. 90; 



Ooidd, Mamm. Austr. i. t. 2; Gerrard, Cat. Banes B. M. p. 288. 

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

 Myrmecophaga aculeata, Shaw, Nat. Misc. t. 109, 1792. 

 Tachyglossus aculeatus, Uliger ; Schreb. Sdugeth. t. 63 B. 

 Tachyglossus hystrix, Wagner ; Schreb. Sdugeth. iv. p. 242. 

 Omithorhynchus hystrix, Home, Phil. Trans. 1802, p. 348. 

 Porcupine Ant-eater, Shaw. 

 Echidna, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. pp. 144, 613 (skeleton). 



Hab. Australia. 



Var. More hairy. 



Echidna setosa, Cuv. P. A. i. p. 226, 1817 ; Gozdd, Mamm. Austr. i. 



t. 3. 

 Echidna hrevicaudata, Tiedemann, Zool. i. p. 392. 

 Tachyglossus setosus, Uliger ; Schreb. Sdugeth. t. 63. 



Hah. Van Diemen's Land. 



