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Syn. Platypus anatinus, Shaw. 
O. paradoxus, Blumenbach. 
O, fuscus et rufus, Peron. 
O. brevirostris, Ogilby. 
O. crispus et Icevis, McGillivray. 
' Water Mole' of colonists. 
Hab. N. S. Wales ; Tasmania. 
A. B. Stuffed specimens. Presented by 
H. T. Prinsep in 1842. C. Specimen in 
spirit. Presented by 
Genus Echidna^ Cuvier. 
585. E. ACROBATA (Lcach Z. M. t. 90). 
Syn. Myrmecophaga aculeata, Shaw. 
Ornithorhynchus hystrix, Home. 
Ech. hystrix, Cuvier. 
E. longiaculeata, Tiedmann. 
Tachyglossus aculeatatus, (llliger), Schreber 
' Native Porcupine' or ' Porcupine Ant-eater' of colonists. 
Hab. E. and W. Australia (the Tasmanian species 
distinct). 
A. B. C. Stuffed specimens: one mentioned 
in J. A. S. II, 98 ; another presented by 
Mr. N. Vicary in 1838 (J. A. S. VII, 465); 
the third obtained in 1862. 
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