ECHIDNA ACULEATA. The long-spined Echidna. 
yfyrmtczphaga aculeata. Porcupine Ant-eater, Shaw, Naturalists' Miscel¬ 
lany, toI. Hi. pi. 109. 1792. 
Amleattd Ant• enter. Shaw, General Zoology, vol. i. pt. i. p. 175. 
Omithorhynch mm Hyttrix. Hour., Philosoph. Transactions for 1802, p.348. 
Echidna Bystrir. Cuvier, Rcgne Anim. 
Tachyglouiu aculeatu*. (Illiger), Schreukr, Saugth. t. lxiii. B. 
Echidna longiacuteata. Tiedemann, Zoologic, i. 592. 
About one foot in length: body stout, having the upper parts 
covered with strong spines, and the under parts, as well as 
the head and legs, clothed with brownish-black coarse hair; 
head with the facial portion produced into a slender and 
tapering snout, and covered with a naked skin; mouth open¬ 
ing small; tongue very long and flexible; legs short and 
strong, each foot furnished with five toes ; those on the fore 
feet armed with large and strong claws ; the inner toe of the 
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